Packaging

Macfarlane braces for Brexit with SW expansion
Macfarlane Packaging has doubled the capacity of its distribution facilities in the South West to keep up with increasing demand, was well as to provide short-term security for clients against...

Koenig & Bauer sets €1.5bn sales goal
Koenig & Bauer has said that orders for new presses have “largely shrugged off the effects of recent political and economical developments”, as the group posted its highest EBIT figure in more than...

OPM invests in enhanced Nilpeter FA4
OPM Group has installed a 14-colour Nilpeter FA4 flexo press with inline finishing to enhance its flexibility.

Beware Nirvana Mañana
At the beginning of February, Xerox took the wraps off a new printing technology under development in its PARC laboratory and, in so doing, opened a can of worms.

Colpac unveils heat-sealed recyclable sandwich pack
Colpac used last month's Packaging Innovations show as the launchpad for the new heat-sealed version of its recyclable and compostable Zest sandwich box.

Atlas Packaging auto-ejecting Bobst a UK first
Atlas Packaging has made a £1m investment to take on the first Bobst ExpertFold 230 A4 folder-gluer in the UK to come with Accueject XL automated ejection capabilities.

Midland Regional Printers acquires LabelServe
Midland Regional Printers (MRP) has expanded its service offering after acquiring label printing specialist LabelServe.

DS Smith sells plastics division for nearly £450m
DS Smith has sold its plastics division to US private equity firm Olympus Partners in a deal worth nearly £450m.

Vision Gelpack falls into administration
Flexible packaging firm Vision Gelpack has been placed in administration only a year and a half after it was formed following environmental utility group Visionscape’s acquisition of the assets of...

Digital needs to inspire the brands
Kodak’s drive to bolster its share of the packaging sector, as voiced in the summer of 2017, seemed unlikely to be followed by the sale of the division most specifically targeted at that sector,...