Packaging

Affinity Packaging looks to group future post-acquisition

Affinity Packaging has updated its leadership roster after its April 2023 acquisition by Peter Andreou and London financiers.

Showcase Creative expands capacity, boosts automation

Showcase Creative is poised to complete a major investment in new equipment and robotics to boost automation and allow the firm to take on longer run work.

Paul Martin (C): The machines are so valuable we wanted a second

Wizbit doubles down on PFi Blades

Cassette and CD manufacturer Wizbit has installed a second Duplo PFI B2+ cutting table, less than a year after taking delivery of its first.

Worth: I'm very proud to have built something Fedrigoni is backing globally

Fedrigoni buys SharpEnd stake

Fedrigoni has bought a minority stake in London specialist design agency SharpEnd / io.tt.

The Jet Press FP790 is capable of 50m/min

Fujifilm to show off Jet Press FP790 at packaging open house

Fujifilm will host a packaging open house event at the Northamptonshire beta test site of its new Jet Press FP790 digital flexible packaging press on 12-15 February 2024.

Antalis employs around 4,000 globally

Antalis steps up peninsula campaign with 100 Metros buy

Antalis has acquired Portuguese industrial packaging firm 100 Metros, the latest in a string of purchases on the Iberian Peninsula.

CJK: "even greater value to customers at a much wider scale"

New owner for long-standing packaging specialist

CJK Packaging has expanded its offering with the acquisition of long-standing packaging and catering supplies specialist W.F. Denny.

Sainsbury's cuts plastic with mushroom move

Sainsbury’s has announced its “biggest single plastics removal” yet by putting its fresh mushrooms into cardboard trays.

The bottles have LEDs inset in their bases to shine through the liqueur

Wilkins lights up liqueurs for M&S

Nottingham’s Wilkins Group has lit up Marks and Spencer's Christmas booze selection again, this time with a bespoke wrapped print for a new range of festive liqueurs.

Advent calendars are part of the festive season

Appetite for plastic-free advent calendars grows among Brits

Consumer appetite for alternative advent calendars is contributing to an increase in plastic-free versions, according to new research from DS Smith.