Packaging

Graphic Packaging completes Benson purchase
Graphic Packaging, the US-based packaging multinational, does not expect there will be “any major restructuring” at Benson Group after it completed its acquisition of the UK company.

Arle Capital acquires Innovia Group in €498 million deal
UK-based substrate manufacturer Innovia Group, which produces polymer banknotes material and packaging films, has been acquired by private equity group Arle Capital in a €498 million deal.

Queen's Award winners celebrate success
Print and packaging businesses picked up a clutch of Queen’s Awards for Enterprise this week.

Printer's horse wins Grand National
Print boss John Provan is living the dream after his horse Pineau De Re romped home in Saturday’s Grand National to claim a £561,300 prize.

EasyFairs targets growth with rebrand and print focus
EasyFairs, organiser of this week’s Packaging Innovations show, has unveiled a rebrand and a simplified show portfolio that features a renewed focus on labels and print for packaging after its most...

Screaming Colour notches up Kolbus first
Screaming Colour has invested £500,000 in new Kolbus packaging kit to enhance its specialist high-end presentation box manufacture.

Benson Group to introduce new food-to-go products at Packaging Innovations
Packaging printer Benson Group will introduce a new range of food-to-go products under the Benson Delilicious name at Packaging Innovations in Birmingham later this week.

Heidelberg's B2 Anicolor goes into production
Heidelberg’s Drupa-launched B2 Anicolor press has completed its beta testing and entered series production, with Heidelberg “very confident” of securing the first UK sales soon.

Swanline in £1m spend on second HP Scitex FB10000
Swanline Print has ordered its second HP Scitex FB10000 industrial flatbed press, part of a £1m investment, just eight months after installing the UK’s first after achieving significant growth with...

Graphic Measures International targets Europe
Packaging quality measurement agency Graphic Measures International (GMI) has opened a UK sales centre to widen its certification reach to European retailers and print managers.

Chesapeake and MPS in merger deal
Chesapeake Services is to merge with Multi Packaging Solutions (MPS) creating a $1.4bn (£864m) global print-based speciality packaging giant.

Benson apprentice wins national design award
The design for 2014’s official National Apprenticeship Week t-shirt has been won by Benson Group trainee Becky Timson.