News

Substrates & adhesives

US demand for plastic film to near 16bn lbs in 2016

07 January 2013

Polypropylene film demand will lead growth again, driven by produce, grain mill, dairy product, and other food packaging applications

Sustainable Brands '12

04 January 2013

End users are finally talking to their supply chain about sustainable packaging. Danielle Jerschefske reports One thousand three hundred people…

WS Packaging Group acquires Label World

04 January 2013

WS Packaging Group has acquired Label World, a full-service printer located in Rochester, New York, specializing in labels and flexible packaging…

Brand owners & design

NEX Performance Films and Charter Films merge

03 January 2013

North American film firms to benefit from synergies

Digital printing

Xerox to reach customers through new channels

03 January 2013

Digital printing specialist pulls out of Ipex 2014 and ‘steps out of the comfort zone’

Inkjet matches flexo quality and speed

03 January 2013

Mike Fairley visits Reynders Label Printing, headquatered in Boechout, Belgium, to see the impressive output now being achieved on the industry’s…

Giant steps

03 January 2013

WS Packaging Group is using lean business tools to drive profitability and capture new business as it expands into a truly global player. Danielle…

First for First Impression

03 January 2013

South African converter First Impression has installed the 150th Mark Andy Performance press and completed its collection of three Performance…

Etiflex diversifies into RFID label production

03 January 2013

Colombian converter Etiflex already boasts expertise in flexo and offset production of labels and cartons. Now it has added shrink sleeve capabilities…

Brand owners & design

Graphic Packaging completes deals to create European carton giant

03 January 2013

US packaging firm completes Contego and A&R acquisitions to start 2013 with a big push in Europe

Durst expands digital vision

02 January 2013

Mike Fairley re-visits Durst in Italy to look at its latest Tau 330 UV inkjet press technology and to assess the company’s progress since its initial…

Creative challenge

02 January 2013

The transition from ‘safe’ family business to cutting-edge label converter can be a difficult process, as Carol Houghton reports Making the transition…