Plastics
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Plastic Card Services (PCS) recently teed up another overseas contract, a three-year deal with one of Scandinavia’s biggest supermarkets, Coop Denmark.
PPB to relocate amidst extended period of growth
POS materials and substrate distributor and converter PPB has purchased a new site in Leeds after two years of solid growth.
Are bioplastics the complete green package, after all?
Bioplastics have come a long way since they were first marketed more than quarter of a century ago. What once began as a niche product with a very limited scope of application has burgeoned into a...
Europoint confident of future after 'rollercoaster' six months
Europoint, the wide-format substrate business rescued from administration following the collapse of Paperlinx UK, is looking forward to a bright future as it severs its final ties to its old owners...
Brydian Cards buys into Genius way to print 100m cards
Brydian Cards expects to double its gift card output to 100 million a year and “put us nearer the big boys” after investing £800,000.
Business inspection: Find your niche in the printiverse
Mimtec used to do virtually everything but print. The thermoforming specialist, based in Fareham, near Portsmouth, is just that, a specialist in the hyper-niche market of vacuum and pressure forming,...
PCS reaches award finals after winning in North West
Plastic card manufacturer and printer Plastic Card Services (PCS) has reached the final of a UK awards scheme celebrating innovation.
Antalis adds Priplak to its polypropylene range
Antalis has extended its plastic substrates portfolio with the addition of Priplak, a range of strong but flexible polypropylene sheets that can be used for a variety of applications.
RPC Group buys Promens in €386m deal
RPC, the UK-based plastic packaging supplier, has announced the €386m (£306m) acquisition of Iceland-based Promens Group.
Amari Plastics officially opens Belfast centre with open day
Amari Plastics, the Surrey-headquartered distributor of plastic sheets, films, rods, tubes and roll media, recently held an open day to mark the official opening of its new Belfast centre, Amari...