Packaging

Xaar hopes to make “at least one” acquisition this year and the business has maintained its ambitions to boost sales by more than £100m in order to achieve its 2020 growth target.

Delga Press will be the first UK firm to run an HP Indigo 12000 HD for dedicated packaging applications when it installs the machine at the start of April.

Kay Street, co-founder and former company secretary of Jaymar Packaging, has died at the age of 71.

Macfarlane Group saw a £16.2m boost in turnover over 2017, with its packaging distribution division leading the charge in sales growth.

HP has unveiled a new Indigo digital press and outlined a raft of other updates to its machinery and consumables portfolios.

The first Landa Nanographic digital press to be installed in Europe is on its way to beta site Edelmann in Germany.

Frip Finishing has expanded its remit in the packaging sector with the installation of an Esatec Digistar 2 1100 pick-and-place, and window-patching machine.

The value of the global packaging services market is forecast to grow from $33.7bn (£24.4bn) in 2017 to $50bn in 2022, according to new research from Smithers Pira.

Cumbrian papermaker James Cropper has warned that a “significant increase” in pulp prices is likely to hit its full-year profits.

A raft of retailers and restaurant chains have announced plans to reduce or abolish their use of plastic packaging in the next few years, as the government vows to crack down on plastic waste.

Paper producer Sappi has expanded its containerboard product range with the launch of Fusion Uncoated.

Macfarlane Group has started the new year with the appointment of James Baird as a non-executive director and the investment in greener delivery vehicles.