The packaging manufacturing giant gained market share and benefited from the acquisition of Swedish packaging business SCA last year. Pretax profit rose to £85m, up from £55.8m in 2012, while revenue increased from ...
The deal is part of Huhtamaki's strategy to expand its product offering in Europe. BCP is based in Blackburn and specialises in corrugated packaging. The company serves the cosmetics, foodservice and confectionery markets. "I am extremely ...
Finnish packaging products supplier Huhtamaki has acquired the UK-based corrugated packaging manufacturer BCP Fluted Packaging for a purchase price of about €20m. The transaction is part of Huhtamaki's plans to improve the quality as ...
Tags: Fluted Packaging, Packaging
The deal was signed by start-up garments packaging supplier BoxGarment and Moss Bros, to supply the corrugated packaging for a new transactional website. BoxGarment’s patent pending packaging for Moss Bros will be manufactured by ...
Tags: Moss Bros, DS Smith Packaging, Home Delivery
According to analysts with Great American Group, paper demand remains stagnant in the face of competition from digital media, while demand for corrugated packaging has fluctuated over the third quarter of 2013 in line with monthly ...
Tags: paper demand, packaging, limited demand
North America is the world's largest consumer of packaging. Since a brief dip in 2009, the North American packaging market has recently been growing steadily. Although market sentiment is still cautious in the region, the North American ...
Managing director Wilcockson said the Chesterfield business was going from "strength to strength" following more than £500,000 of investments in the last 12 months. In the next year his company will extend the footprint of the ...
North America is the world's largest consumer of packaging. Since a brief dip in 2009, the North American packaging market has recently been growing steadily. Although market sentiment is still cautious in the region, the North American ...
Tags: Packaging Market, Packaging, Printing
Following the deal, which makes PCA the fourth-largest producer of containerboard and corrugated packaging products in the US, the group will now operate eight mills and 97 corrugated product plants and other facilities. The combined ...
Tags: Packaging, freesheet paper
Packaging Corporation of America (PCA), a manufacturer of containerboard and corrugated packaging, has completed its previously announced acquisition of the US-based Boise for $1.9bn. The transaction includes $714m of outstanding ...
Finnish paper and pulp company Mets Board has launched a new corrugated packaging liner Modo Northern Light at the Luxe Pack 2013 held at Monaco. Modo Northern Light is claimed to be a lightweight, uncoated liner for microflute as well as ...
A new study indicates that Reusable Plastic Containers (RPCs) used to ship fruit and vegetables in Canada pose a risk for contamination. The report, developed by a University of Guelph researcher, calls the possibility for ...
Tags: Containers, Ship Produce
At the end of 1991, the Leo Group then established Heshan Astros Printing in the city of Heshan. Constant expansion of the overseas market fostered healthy growth for Heshan Astros Printing and the other group subsidiaries. The favourable ...
Tags: Printer, Printing Technology
H.B. Fuller, a US-based formulator, manufacturer and marketer of adhesives, has unveiled Sesame High Modulus Tape for produce packaging, providing increased stacking strength with minimum material use for increased box life and reuse. ...
Tags: H.B.Fuller, Produce Packaging
Finland-based producer of coated white-top kraftliners Metsa Board has introduced a new fully bleached liner, Modo Northern Light at FachPack 2013 in Germany. The new lightweight and uncoated Modo Northern Light exhibits includes high ...
Tags: Uncoated Liner, Metsa Board