Packaging

Walstead seals fresh finance deal with Close

Walstead Group has agreed a new facility with Close Brothers Asset Finance as part of a simplification of financing across the business.

Pro Carton brings Trees into Cartons initiative to Europe

Pro Carton is helping to educate primary school-aged children about the circular economy after bringing the TICCIT (Trees into Cartons, Cartons into Trees) initiative to Europe.

Flexo widens its appeal

Back in July we looked at how advances in automation and fast drying are allowing the latest litho presses to increasingly compete what were once the USPs of digital processes: short runs and fast...

Arden Dies launches apprenticeship recruitment drive

Arden Dies has kicked off its latest apprenticeship recruitment drive.

Miraclon bullish on flexo prospects

Fresh setup Miraclon aims to “lead the transformation of the packaging business” with its water-based flexo plate system.

Call for ‘Smoking kills’ warnings on every cigarette

Printing ‘Smoking kills’ onto every individual cigarette could discourage smokers, according to new research.

Sun Chemical set to launch flexible UV flexo bases

Sun Chemical will launch SolarVerse, a new range of UV flexo base concentrates, at Labelexpo in Belgium next month.

Record sales for Walstead at half-year amid 'maelstrom'

Walstead chairman Mark Scanlon believes insolvency “remains a real threat” for some competitors, but said his own group’s position was very different as the business announced its highest sales yet at...

Best of British: Hamillroad’s big screen test

How does a small Cambridge developer produce halftone screening software intended to outperform the big pre-press players? This is the story of Hamillroad, which sells advanced Digitally Modulated...

Earth Overshoot Day: printers urged to hail sector sustainability

Pro Carton has urged the carton and wider print sector to push the benefits of paper- and cartonboard-based packaging materials to highlight the sustainability crisis marked by Earth Overshoot Day.