Packaging

Coveris has continued its strategic expansion with the acquisition of flexible packaging manufacturer Four04 Packaging.

Mercia Image Print has greatly expanded its packaging offering to help support its post-pandemic recovery following its acquisition by The Print Design Factory.

The pandemic-related parcels boom has resulted in a big jump in sales and profits at Royal Mail – with parcel revenues outstripping letters for the first time in the group’s five-century history.

Graphic Packaging is buying AR Packaging in the packaging industry’s latest mega-takeover.

UPM has agreed to sell its Shotton newsprint mill in North Wales to a subsidiary of Turkish conglomerate Eren Holdings.

A specialist printing firm has been fined a six-figure sum after an incident where an employee suffered asphyxiation after becoming entangled in a part of a press.

A management buyout has taken place at automated filling and packaging machinery manufacturer Advanced Dynamics.

Agfa is expanding its partnership with Global Graphics to include workflow software from Hybrid Software.

Packaging giant Macfarlane Group has reported sales in the first quarter 15% ahead of the same period in 2020.

Zanders Paper has gone into liquidation after attempts to save the business via a financial restructure proved unsuccessful.