Packaging

EasyFairs has sold nearly 80% of available space for its inaugural Labelling Innovations event, which will take place in Birmingham's NEC in February 2013.

Canadian label printer CCL Industries has acquired John Watson & Co, the 80-staff Glasgow-based label printer, in a multi-million pound takeover deal.

The Stationers' Company has created an Environmental Group under the chairmanship of former Pira International managing director and Stationers' court assistant Michael Hancock.

Flowprint has spent around 750,000 finishing its folding box department with the arrival of an SBL STS-1050 cutting and creasing platen and Sakurai Oliver offset press.

Gary Peeling, managing director of Precision Printing and incoming Dscoop EMEA chairman, has issued a rallying call to UK HP Indigo users to get behind the inaugural Dscoop EMEA event next month and...

Pankaboard has upgraded its PankaBrite and PankaWhite cartonboards following an investment of 'several hundred thousand euros'.

Folding carton manufacturer Benson Box has won the Skills Development category at the Best Factory Awards 2012.

The folding carton manufacturer, will use next month's Packaging Innovations London show to highlight the premium packaging it produces for customers including Waitrose and Butterkist.

Frobishers Juices has selected Hungerford-based Berkshire Labels as the preferred label printer for its range of drinks.

HP unveiled new features for its Indigo WS6600 Digital Press at Labelexpo Americas 2012 this week and has signed up five beta customers to trial its Indigo 20000 Digital Press.

Benson Box has invested in a Diana X115 folder gluer to cope with increased demand following the installation of its incoming Speedmaster XL 106.