Packaging

Smurfit Kappa acquires CRP Print and Packaging
Smurfit Kappa UK has agreed to acquire independent Corby-based litho-laminated packaging specialist CRP Print and Packaging Holdings for an undisclosed sum.
Sappi to raise SBS board prices
Sappi Fine Paper Europe has announced that it will be raising its SBS board prices next month "in light of continuous and sustained increases in costs of raw materials".

Finat warns label printers over new EU food regs
Self-adhesive label industry association Finat has warned label printers that they could be struck off supplier rosters if they fail to comply with the latest EU food safety regulations.

Vibrant labels market still has massive scope for growth
It was billed as 'the greatest label show on earth' and this was an event that actually did live up to the hyperbole.

HP beefs up Barcelona demo centre with new Esko kit
HP has strengthened firepower at its demo centre in Barcelona by taking on a Kongsberg XP Auto digital cutting table from Esko.

Duncan Print invests to bite into food sector
Duncan Print Group is expanding into food packaging after a recent kit investment and accreditation.

Xaar hails 'next important step' in the digital packaging market
Xaar has highlighted the first "direct-to-shape" digital packaging printer launches, from its OEM partners, as having the potential to "accelerate the digitisation of packaging" over the next five...

Open days to boast UK first kit combinations
Distributor I-Sub Digital is to host three lots of open days to show off wide-format print and finishing kit from Agfa, Mimaki and Zund.

Casepak chairman George Smith passes away
Casepak chairman and founder "Bingo" George Smith has died, aged 77.