Packaging

Star product: Inkcups Helix One

A dedicated DTO option for parallel and tapered cylinders.

HSE: imported machinery needs to be guarded to UK standards

Firm fined after incident results in amputations

A manufacturing company has been handed a six-figure fine after a worker lost three digits because of a blister packaging machine that had inadequate guarding.

Roberts: confident for the future

Profits soar for DS Smith

DS Smith has reported another strong set of annual results, with its pre-tax profit ballooning by 75% and its revenue also growing.

Thorncliffe Business Park is ePac's second UK home

ePac creates jobs with Sheffield expansion

ePac Flexible Packaging has expanded into an additional 2,500sqm site at a Sheffield business park for its new regional base, creating 30 new jobs in the process.

The installation is planned to go live in October

W.E. Roberts invests in ePS Escada quality and process control

W.E. Roberts has partnered with ePS Escada to automate its corrugator and streamline its operations by implementing Escada’s Profile and Syncro systems.

(L-R) Biopax's Liam O’Connor and Terry Cross, Invest NI's Mel Chittock, and MP Paul Maskey. Image: Invest NI

Green packaging start-up to create 169 jobs

A new green packaging business owned by former Delta Print and Packaging chairman Terry Cross is set to create 169 jobs.

The new Expertfold has helped Cardway to ramp up its production speeds

Cardway Cartons picks up Bobst Expertfold

Cardway Cartons has installed its first-ever Bobst machine, an Expertfold 165 folder-gluer, following demand for glued work.

The event will be held at the Xerox Innovation Centre, Uxbridge

Industry names partner on digital packaging event

Xeretec, Xerox, XMPie, and Vivid Laminating Technologies are coming together once more to host an event later this month that aims to showcase the latest innovations in short-run digital print and...

(L-R) JHG's Keith Hamilton, Zeus Group's Brian O'Sullivan and JHG's Alan Hamilton

Zeus acquires James Hamilton Group

Irish packaging company Zeus Group has continued its acquisitive streak with the purchase of Northern Irish print and packaging business James Hamilton Group (JHG).

CEO Ludwin Monz with CFO Tania von der Goltz

Heidelberg looks to add value, mulls fresh digital options

Heidelberg has announced a new value creation programme alongside its year-end results, along with a hint that it could return to the commercial digital printing market with its own product.