Corrugated

Smurfit Kappa has released its results for the first half of 2021. Turnover in the period reached €4,679m, up 11% on the same period last year (2020: €4,203m). EBITDA was…

C&T Matrix set an objective to reduce manufacturing waste by up to 40% by 2022 through initiatives such as recycling selected waste streams produced during manufacture. To achieve this goal, the…

Xaar officially opened its new global headquarters in Cambridgeshire with a ceremony presided over by Chairman Andrew Herbert, CEO John Mills, CFO Ian Tichias and General Manager of the printhead…

Smurfit Kappa has agreed to acquire Verzuolo, a containerboard business in Northern Italy, for a cash consideration of €360m. The Verzuolo mill owned by the Burgo Group, is situated close…

Pitreavie Group is set to take delivery of a new BOBST EXPERTFOLD 165 A2 as part of a major investment in new plant and machinery at its corrugated box plant in…

Voith has won this year’s AI Champions Award in the ‘large enterprise’ category for its newly developed AI application OnView.DigitalEye. For the first time, this innovation allows the quality of…

Koenig & Bauer has successfully marketed five machines of the CorruCUT series to high-profile users in the corrugated industry. Following the successful completion of acceptance tests on the beta machines…

Italian glue application specialists, ERO, say that corrugated box manufacturers can prevent gluing defects and product jams caused by tab trim and scrap with its ERO-ETR Tab Trim Remover. When…

Following on from the release of their water based flexographic (WBF) high humidity coating aimed at paper and corrugated printing industries where high humidity is a factor in post-print processes,…

Bobst Group says that it has got off to a good start in 2021 with an exceptionally strong order intake. Order entries increased by 68% compared to the first half…

Following the rebranding of its Ondulys business unit into VPK Packaging France, the company continues to invest in its facilities. Most recently, VPK has installed two reconditioned MR die-cutters from…

Andritz confirms it has been selected by Domtar to provide equipment and technical services for conversion of a power boiler and a recovery boiler at their Kingsport paper mill, in…

Helios, the recently unveiled AI and Machine Learning platform tailored to the corrugated converting industry, has named Martin Pursley as Customer Success Manager. The move will help Helios, a product…

Boras, Sweden-based Lamina System has recently installed a 14.10 CLG gluer and a 2200 GL gluer with taping unit at W.E. Roberts Ltd in Northfleet, Kent. Both machines will be…

DIC Corporation has closed on the acquisition of BASF’s global pigments business, known as BASF Colors & Effects (BCE). The acquisition brings together the complementary portfolio of technologies, products, manufacturing assets, supply…

UK based Caps Cases is now using water-based printing inks which are formulated with renewable resources and tailored to post-print, from the Doneck Network. Apart from the excellent printing results, this product innovation…