Packaging

Global packaging giant Essentra’s Kilmarnock site is set to close at the end of the year, with an anticipated loss of 51 jobs.

Kolbus Group has acquired UK kit manufacturer Autobox Machinery as it continues its move into packaging.

Adverset is preparing for the arrival a new Heidelberg Versafire EV, a “natural progression” that will expand the range of applications the firm can offer.

Shawpak has invested £600,000 in a Chiron vertical milling machine to double the speed at which it can produce parts for its thermoforming machines.

Mailroom equipment supplier Addressing & Mailing Solutions (AMS) has unveiled its latest colour envelope and packaging printer.

Cumbrian papermaker James Cropper has warned that the net impact of the sustained current high pulp price is expected to hit its pre-tax profits for the current year by £2m more than initially...

A Big Plastics Debate was the centrepiece of this year’s London edition of the Packaging Innovations/Luxury Packaging expo, where sustainability was a key topic.

Flexible packaging firm Parkside hopes to open up business opportunities in reclosable packs after spending around £1.5m on new laser equipment.

Packaging giant DS Smith has reported trading in line with its expectations in an update relating to the period since 1 May 2018.

Zenith Print & Packaging has taken on the UK’s first Promatrix 106 FC foiling machine from Heidelberg as part of a £6m investment programme by its parent company over 2018.

STM Packaging Group has fallen into administration after becoming another victim of the ‘Blue Planet effect’.

Macfarlane Group has posted a £12m rise in turnover, in its half-year results for 2018, and acquired two more packaging distribution companies.