News

Brückner Group acquires 100% of Swiss PackSys Global

22 March 2011

The German Brückner Group has announced today that Brückner Technology Holding GmbH has acquired all shares of PackSys Global (Switzerland) Ltd.,…

Flexible packaging for freezing conditions

22 March 2011

UK company, Roberts Mart, has taken a lead in the market for flexible packaging that can withstand deep freeze temperatures, maintain the integrity of…

Ancillary equipment

Kocher + Beck partners with Jet Technologies in Australia

22 March 2011

Kocher + Beck has appointed Jet Technologies as its distributor in Australia and New Zealand. The move follows the termination of Jet’s agency…

New products

Unique portfolio from M-real Speciality Papers

21 March 2011

M-real Speciality Papers has launched a new collection that contains products ideal for packaging and labeling applications in the beverage, food and…

GSE reduces ink waste at Cartonajes Santorroman

21 March 2011

Award-winning carton-board converter Cartonajes Santorroman has recently installed a new GSE Colorsat Compact ink dispensing system to reduce waste…

Ancillary equipment

Gerhardt to sell direct in Australia and New Zealand

21 March 2011

Gerhardt International has ended its agency agreement with Jet Technologies and will now sell its dies and rotary tools direct to converters in…

CCL to invest in joint venture label company for Middle East

21 March 2011

Global converting group CCL Industries has signed a binding agreement to acquire a 50 percent interest in Pacman-CCL, a privately owned group of…

Sustainability

Avery opens European design center for apparel industry

21 March 2011

Avery Dennison’s Retail Branding and Information Solutions (RBIS) group opened its first Europe-based customer design and innovation center for the…

Digital printing

Xeikon America partners with industry consultants

21 March 2011

Xeikon has entered into partnerships with two leading industry consultants to offer objective and unbiased business development services to label…

Substrates & adhesives

Color-Logic certifies substrate for HP Indigo sheet-fed presses

21 March 2011

Color-Logic has certified US converter Hazen Paper Company’s Transfer Metalized C1S Foiljet Digital 10-point substrate for use with HP Indigo 7000…

Pira reports luxury packaging growth in Asia Pacific

18 March 2011

A newly released study by Pira International, an international research firm specializing in the packaging supply chain, reveals that luxury goods…

KBA Rapida 105 for high-growth packaging market

17 March 2011

Innovapack Embalagens is the latest Brazilian packaging printer to invest in new technology to cater for the booming domestic demand, when it fired up…