Investment & installations
News on investment and equipment installations at packaging manufacturers, packing operations and materials suppliers
Hoomark installs Perfect Proofer machine
Netherlands-based gift wrap and accessories manufacturer Hoomark has invested in a new table-top wet proofing system from Print Proof Solutions Read More »
Rigid completes £4m upgrade at Desborough site
Rigid Containers has completed a new £4m investment to upgrade its corrugating and casemaking capacity at its Desborough site and revealed a further upgrade to its print equipment Read More »
Herb producer Westlands cuts product waste with Marco install
Herb and micro-leaf producer Westlands has installed a new product traceability and stock control system at its packing plant from supplier Marco Read More »
Box plant reveals £70,000 saving on stacking kit refurb
Smurfit Kappa’s Mold facility in north Wales has revealed a cost saving of some £70,000 after it refurbished a sheet stacking machine using ABB motion control equipment Read More »
Brisk sales at Heidelberg defy traditional spring lull
Printing press manufacturer Heidelberg’s UK operation has reported an improving appetite for investment in the print sector as finance becomes more readily available Read More »
Falconer Print & Packaging claims Heidelberg braille first
Falconer Print & Packaging is to boost its offering to the pharmaceutical sector when it becomes the first company in the UK to install a Diana X folder gluer with... Read More »
Bluefrog Packing aims for sleeving success | Installation of the Month
It was a brave move but setting up contract packer Bluefrog Packing in the midst of a recession in 2009 has paid off, writes Liz Gyekye Read More »
£6m Kraft project will make Dairy Milk packs resealable
Kraft is to spend £6m on new resealable primary packaging and shelf-ready packs for its Dairy Milk brand in a bid to improve consumer convenience and stand-out Read More »
Chesapeake upgrades print in Tewkesbury site move
Chesapeake has continued its ongoing investment programme in its pharmaceutical and healthcare business with a plan to relocate its Tewkesbury site and upgrade its print equipment Read More »
Lovely Packaging start-up installs Audion shrink wrapper
Lovely Packaging, the greaseproof paper business set up earlier this year, has expanded its packaging set-up with the addition of an Audion shrink wrapper Read More »
BD Foods opts for Open Date printer for chutney labelling
BD Foods has taken delivery of a Thermocode 107M thermal transfer printer from Open Date Equipment to print specific product information onto pouches containing its range of chutneys, sauces, dressings... Read More »
F T Short to ‘revolutionise re-labelling’ in £50k investment
Contract packer F T Short is promising to “revolutionise the re-labelling market” after a £50,000 investment in new equipment Read More »
Britton Taco reveals nine-layer extruder investment
EXCLUSIVE – Britton Taco is to install a nine-layer blown film extrusion line in its latest multi-million pound investment Read More »
Weidenhammer plans IML move as new UK plant opens
Composite can group Weidenhammer has officially opened its new £10m site in Bradford ahead of a move into in-mould label production at the facility Read More »
Bobst key to card printer Herbert Walker’s packaging move | Installation of the month
Herbert Walkers, the West Yorkshire-based printing firm, has for many years been in the commercial and greeting card sectors. But it is now breaking into the cartonboard packaging sector, writes... Read More »
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