Packaging

HH Global posts best-ever annual results

Leatherhead-headquartered HH Global has continued on its exponential growth curve posting record full-year profits up 58.1% on last year, on revenues up 37.3%.

PeterLynn upgrades Xeikon facilities in £750,000 spend

Label printer PeterLynn has invested £750,000 in a Xeikon CX3 digital colour label press and a Digicon 3000 converting system.

Qualvis scoops local business award

Qualvis Print & Packaging has scooped a major prize at the Leicester Mercury Business Awards.

Heidelberg to launch three new packaging machines

Heidelberg is to launch three new post-press machines, for die-cutting, hot-foiling and glueing, intended to appeal to the majority of operators in the packaging market.

Nestlé commissions the Ultimate personalisation job

Personalised packaging is all the rage at the moment, with Unilever, Coca-Cola and a multitude of others embracing the trend over the past couple of years. The latest to get involved, Nestlé’s KitKat,...

Tobacco firms refused plain packaging appeal permission

The UK Supreme Court has refused permission for tobacco firms to appeal against the plain packaging for cigarettes legislation that will come into force next month.

Pulse Flexible Packaging pre-pack blocked

A potential pre-pack sale of Pulse Flexible Packaging, which fell into administration earlier this month, has been blocked due to the company’s pension scheme being a shareholder and secured creditor...

Over 150 redundancies at Pulse Flexible Packaging

Administrators of Pulse Flexible Packaging have said manufacturing has now restarted at the firm’s two sites, but that 152 staff have been made redundant.

Heidelberg launches hybrid B2 Speedmaster

Heidelberg has unveiled its latest B2 Speedmaster, the mid-range CX 75, a hybrid press that combines elements from its XL 75 B2 flagship and the SX 74.

Coup for Heidelberg as it signs up Landa customer

Heidelberg has scored something of a coup, by signing up a packaging printer originally named as one of Landa’s beta sites to be a pilot user of its Primefire 106 B1 inkjet press.