Packaging

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Commercial and wide-format printer InPrint Colour is investing £500,000 to expand into packaging to further diversify and future-proof the business in the post-Covid landscape.

UPM’s Speciality Papers division has launched a new range of food-safe kraft papers including a new translucent paper that can be used as an alternative to plastics.

Arjowiggins has launched a new “revolutionary” translucent paper-based barrier material that outperforms the preservation properties of plastic in food packaging and is fully recyclable.

Worldwide parcel volumes exceeded more than 100bn for the first time last year according to the latest research from Pitney Bowes – before the spike in online ordering caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Jaymar Packaging has upgraded its platesetting after taking delivery of a secondhand Agfa Avalon N8 engine.

MSO Cleland has invested in state-of-the-art printing and finishing kit as part of a £5m spend to expand its packaging operations that will also create 35 new jobs.

This year's London outing of Packaging Innovations and Luxury Packaging has been postponed to next September as Coronavirus-related restrictions continue to impact the events industry.

Premier League champions Liverpool have teamed up with Cadbury and HP to produce limited edition Dairy Milk bars for tens of thousands of fans.

HP's Peter Jolly shares his vision for the labels sector and highlights the post-Covid digital opportunities open to established label houses and diversifying commercial printers alike.