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13 Dec 2022
It is with great sadness that we report the very sudden death of Bruce Smith, Chairman of CTECH Europe, who passed away on Monday 5th December 2022. Bruce took ownership of…
Valmet has confirmed it will supply Valmet DNA Automation System (DCS) and Valmet IQ Quality Control System (QCS) to Schumacher Packaging’s Myszków paper mill in Poland for the rebuild of the BM22. The…
In the latest podcast from AICC, Gene Marino, President, Akers Packaging Service Group and Joe Morelli, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Huston Patterson Printers & Lewisburg Printing Company, speak…
After 39 years of service at THIMM and CONPRINTA, Wolfgang Becker is going into well-earned retirement at the end of the year. After studying mechanical engineering at the University of…
Xaar has opened a state-of-the-art inkjet printing laboratory in Shenzhen, China, comprising the latest printhead test equipment and print process experimentation platforms. Utilising its own printheads, ink recirculation system and…
12 Dec 2022
Vega of Italy has confirmed that Gruppo Sada has recently started up a new Vega Altair ADF 240 specialty gluer, with integrated double feeder. The Italian manufacturer says this is…
The UK Sheet Plant Association (SPA) is hosting its 105th Conference at Delta Hotels by Marriott Forest of Arden Country Club – on Monday 27th February 2023. The theme of…
Papierfabrik Palm have installed a Valmet Sizer Roll Cover CF on the BM6 containerboard machine at the Wörth mill, to improve the machine’s performance. The new roll cover has a…
The International Corrugated Packaging Foundation (ICPF), co-sponsored by AICC and Fibre Box Association, has confirmed Caitlin Salaverria, Director of Marketing and Communications at FBA, will join ICPF as its new…
Loughborough, UK-based Colton Packaging has implemented a new £30,000 warehouse management system as part of a digital transformation of its business to meet the needs of its growing customer base. The…
09 Dec 2022
Universal Carton Industries (UCI), the UAE-based corrugated box manufacturer located in Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ), is investing AED 55m (approximately €14m) to expand its production volume to meet…
Rigid container and life sciences packaging distributor, Novvia Group, has acquired Innovative Container, the California-based distributor of plastic, metal, glass and corrugated containers. Financial terms of the private transaction were…
Stora Enso has appointed Minna Björkman as Head of Sourcing and Logistics and a member of the Group Leadership Team. She will start in January 2023. Björkman joined Stora Enso…
BFT Carbon confirms that it has recently appointed UMS Australasia Pty Ltd as its new representative in Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia, for its carbon fibre doctor blades product line….
eProductivity Software has confirmed the appointment of Joe Morgan to its Packaging team. Morgan (pictured left) has been in the flexo Industry for more than 30 years. During his time…
UK-based GWP has supported Bristol-based loneliness charity, Marmalade Trust, with its Christmas Cheer initiative. The packaging company has donated hundreds of cardboard boxes that will be decorated and filled with…
