Loftware, Inc., the global leader in enterprise labelling & artwork management solutions and NiceLabel, a leading developer of label management systems has announced plans to combine under the Loftware corporate umbrella. The companies believe the merger will “will fundamentally transform the labelling market”, as the union gives customers and partners an expanded choice of solutions, while providing enhanced labelling capabilities […]

The manufacturer of recycled Polythene pellets and compounds has announced the appointment of Johnstone Smith as operations director. Mr Smith has more than 30 years’ experience in the polythene extrusion and plastics recycling industries in a variety of roles, latterly as operations director with British Polythene Industries, the RPC Group and Berry Global Inc. With its factory in Brandon, Suffolk, […]

A strategic and long-lasting partnership between Konica Minolta and United Colours Team has been further strengthened with an investment in new equipment and software. This includes the AccurioJet KM-1 UV inkjet sheetfed digital B2+ production press, known as the “Swiss army knife” of printing because it has so many uses. United Colours Team in Romania owns a fleet of Konica […]

Alpha Converting has added the ALPHADRUM high speed, high specification two drum paper winder to its portfolio of winders. The new unit has been developed for longer roll lengths and higher speeds.  It can handle web widths up to 2800 mm, rewind diameters to 1800 mm and run at up to 1500 m/min. Simon King, Alpha’s managing director, said: “We have been […]

89% of French consumers think that more food should be packed in compostable packaging instead of plastic  88% of polled said they are willing to or already incorporating compostable packaging into their household or collective compost.  65% of polled are willing to pay more for products wrapped in compostable packaging  93% of polled sort their waste and 45% of polled […]

Organisers have announced that the PulPaper event will be rescheduled to the spring of 2022. The decision is due to the uncertainty caused by the pandemic situation and travel restrictions. This spring, however, a new online Virtual pre-PulPaper event is organised on Thursday 29 April 2021. PulPaper is the leading event within the forest industry. Exhibitors from 28 different countries […]

To complement its existing core business in supplying glass bottle containers, closures and decoration to international food and beverage brands, leading glass packaging firm, Croxsons, has recently launched a home & beauty division. The move builds on sustained business growth and will see Croxsons provide single-source packaging solutions for brands in this sector, including candles, reed diffusers, perfumes, cosmetics and […]

With a full order book of jobs in the offing, Norfolk-based Spectrum Digital Labels eagerly welcomed the delivery of a new Dantex PicoJet 330 UV inkjet digital press at its premises recently. Engineers from Dantex Digital, part of the Dantex Group, had the press powered up by the end of the first day, and fully operational shortly after. “The Dantex […]

Somerset-based thermoformed packaging firm, Kingsmoor Packaging, has recently launched a new lightweighting initiative known as KPL Cirrus. A year in development, the move is part of the company’s continued drive to make their plastic products as sustainable and recyclable as possible. Having made significant investments during 2020 to improve workflow and provide increased capacity, as well as making reductions to […]

Machinery manufacturer ULMA Packaging (ULMA) and compostable packaging supplier TIPA have partnered to improve efficiency for running compostable films on advanced packaging machinery. The collaboration will optimise ULMA box motion and flow-wrapping machines to run with compostable films; matching conventional plastic’s performance and machinability. The move comes as the companies gear up for an industry shift to sustainable films used […]