Packaging

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Siegwerk is headquartered in Germany, but has sites on every (habitable) continent

Siegwerk forms new sustainable coatings division

German inks and coatings manufacturer Siegwerk has established a new division dedicated to functional coatings for new sustainable packaging products.

Dairi-Pak's new Autobox has in-built flexo printing capability, allowing it to upsell print to large box customers

Dairi-Pak makes productivity leap with new Autobox

Shropshire sheet plant Dairi-Pak has seen its short-run productivity leap after installing a brand-new Kolbus Autobox AB300.

Make Up's Digi-MollPak has automated the previously manual process of folding and gluing

Make Up Print Finishers brings gluing in-house

Make Up Print Finishers, the trade finishing arm of Gloucestershire-based Vale Press Group, has automated its in-house gluing process with a brand-new Moll Digi-MollPak folder-gluer.

Macqueen: "Education is the cornerstone of progress in the packaging industry"

Undergraduate degree in packaging opens enrolment for 2024/25

Sheffield Hallam University has opened enrolment for a packaging degree that is said to be the only course of its kind in the UK.

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John Lewis among brands committing to Pack4Good

John Lewis is among a raft of retailers and brands to sign up for environmental not-for-profit Canopy’s Pack4Good initiative to mark Earth Day 2024.

Woodberry snaps up Reelvision Print

Woodberry Packaging has chalked up another buy with the acquisition of specialist carton printer Reelvision Print.

"Robust contingency plans" are in place at DS Smith

DS Smith agrees £5.8bn takeover by International Paper

The boards of London-headquartered packaging giant DS Smith and US company International Paper have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended all-share combination from International Paper that...

(L-R) Coveris' Christian Kolarik and Hadepol Flexo's Leszek Gumowski sign contract

Coveris to acquire Polish packaging specialist

Coveris has agreed to acquire a Polish manufacturer of high-quality flexible paper and films packaging.

The DSM-1000 is Duplo's first flatbed die cutter

Duplo launches first flatbed die-cutter

Duplo has launched into the digital packaging market with its first B2 die-cutter, the DSM-1000.

(L-R) Weedon managing director John Weedon, Zeus founder and owner Brian O’Sullivan and Weedon operations director Peter Weedon

Zeus Group acquires Weedon Group

Independently owned Irish packaging company Zeus Group has acquired independent integrated corrugated manufacturer Weedon Group.