Investment & installations
Potts Print expands carton capacity with £1.5m press buy
Packaging and commercial print group Potts Print is to expand its capacity with two new presses from Heidelberg that were signed for at the Drupa print show
Chesapeake ramps up carton production with new Komori press
EXCLUSIVE - Chesapeake has bolstered its printing press arsenal with the purchase of a Komori Lithrone GLX640 litho machine
Ultimate Packaging digital arm Shere in HP world first
Shere Print, the digital start-up business that is part of Ultimate Packaging, has signed a world-first deal to use HP Indigo's new 20000 narrow-web inkjet press
Almac installs UPS 4 blister line at US packaging facility
Almac has installed Uhlmann blister line at its new 100,000ft2 US commercial packaging facility in Audubon, Pennsylvania
Reflex Labels makes world-first nanographic press order
WORLD EXCLUSIVE - Reflex Labels has made printing history by becoming the world's first customer to buy a Landa nanographic digital press at the Drupa show yesterday
Converting & printing
Chesapeake ramps up carton production with new Komori press
EXCLUSIVE - Chesapeake has bolstered its printing press arsenal with the purchase of a Komori...
Packing & filling
Greggs ups production of frozen line with new carton kit
High street bakery chain Greggs has installed kit from T Freemantle to assist in packing...
Buyers Guide
Packing power with the pouch | Buyers’ Guide
Spanish suppliers are leading the pack in pouch making kit with machines that offer high speeds, quick changeovers and even aseptic capabilities. Lynda Searby looks at the latest equipment and...
‘X’marks the spot for inspection kit | Buyers’ Guide
There has been more of a drift than a shift to x-ray inspection systems from traditional metal detection lines, but is this changing? Lynda Searby explores the forces at work...
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Buyers’ Guide: Time for a total thermoform?
For high value FMCG items, switching to a completely thermoformed pack could improve line productivity as well as pack security and recyclability, writes Lynda Searby
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Multiple choices in form, fill and seal | Buyers’ Guide
Lynda Searby asks if a horizontal configuration for packing multipacks will help suppliers stay on the right side of the multiples
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Print finishing kit cuts to the chase | Buyers’ Guide
Shorter makeready times are driving developments in die-cutting, reports Lynda Searby
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