Packaging

Reflex Group has acquired in-mould label (IML) specialist West Yorkshire Printing Company (WyPrint), in a bid to create a "strong, British contender".

The order book for Heidelberg’s Primefire 106 is full for the next two years, as the first beta machine goes into production.

Tams Packaging co-founder Steve Tammadge is donating his salary to charity in memory of his eldest daughter, who died of breast cancer in 2015.

Pureprint has expanded its packaging operation by relocating it to a new larger site in Hertfordshire.

Domino has chosen to incorporate Xaar's 502 GS15 O printhead into the new 70mm C6000+ variant of its C-Series Plus piezo drop-on-demand outer case coders.

Essentra has blamed recent poor financial performance on “internal, not external factors”, after announcing details of a strategic review yesterday alongside its H1 2017 results.

Around 150 jobs are set to go with the proposed closure of an Essentra site that only opened last year.

Large-format POS printer Showcard Print has invested in new kit for its fulfilment and logistics department, in a £200,000 spend.

US-headquartered global label giant Multi-Color Corporation has acquired Constantia Flexibles’ Label division in a €1.15bn (£1bn) deal that gives it a UK footprint nudging £100m.

Finnish paper manufacturing group Stora Enso has signed an agreement to divest the business and assets of its Swedish subsidiary Stora Enso Re-board to Culas, for an undisclosed sum.

Screen is set to launch two new UV inkjet label presses to expand its offering into food packaging and further strengthen its position within the digital labels sector.