Packaging

Mitchell makes second return to print
Astron founder David Mitchell has returned to print with a non-exec role and investment in Dublin-based packaging group Perigord Premedia.

GPI installs UK's first 18,000sph Speedmaster XL 145
Graphic Packaging International (GPI) is currently commissioning the UK's first 18,000sph Speedmaster XL 145 at its Leeds carton printing site.

Vision Paper and Board becomes Tamfold stockist
Paper merchant and convertor Vision Paper and Board, part of the Middleton Paper Group, has started to offer Tamfold, a high-quality packaging grade which is stocked hard-sized and FSC-certified as...

Vibixa set to close in new year
Management at Weetabix carton printing subsidiary Vibixa have announced plans to close the business, with the potential loss of more than 100 jobs.

KBA adds wide web digital and partners with HP
KBA has launched the widest full-colour digital web press yet, the RotaJet L-Series.

VCG Group chief executive leaves company
VCG Group chief executive Mick Tooley has left the design and retail packaging specialist after 25 years of service.

Middleton targets packaging and large-format growth and sells recycling division
West-Midlands based merchant and convertor Middleton Paper has made a multimillion-pound investment in kit and stock as it focuses its growth plans on the packaging and large-format sector after...

CS Labels makes Canon investment for proofing
Digital label printer CS Labels has invested in a Canon imagePrograf iPF 6450 large-format printer to enable it to provide colour-accurate proofs.

Visitors up 10% at Packaging Innovations London
Packaging Innovations and Luxury Packaging London reported a record turn-out with visitor numbers up 10% year-on-year to 3,930.

New bespoke digital packaging firm opens in South Wales
Welsh chocolate manufacturer Michton has opened a new digitally printed packaging subsidiary called Personalised Printed Products.

Chapelton to offer Smurfit Kappa's Catcher Board MB12
Speciality and cartonboard supplier Chapelton Board will distribute Smurfit Kappa’s new packaging product, the Catcher Board MB12, into the UK packaging sector.

Copypoll secures brace of UK firsts
Copypoll Print and Packaging has scored a double UK first, ordering two new packaging finishing lines from Brausse.