A major fire ripped through Smurfit Kappa’s paper mill on Wednesday night (17 April). Some 9,000 tonnes of cardboard bales were well alight [nearly a quarter of its stock supply], covering seven acres of a 22-acre site. West ...
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West Midlands Fire Service said more than 15 fire engines were at the Smurfit Kappa plant, a mill that packaging papers, in Nechells. About 100 firefighters remain at the scene of the blaze in Mount Street, which broke out shortly after ...
The corrugated giant’s annual report, which was sent to shareholders earlier this week, shows that McGann’s pay packet totalled €2.488 million in 2012, slightly down from the €2.541 million he earned the previous year. ...
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Corrugated packaging company Smurfit Kappa has invested in a new in-line laminator for its Massa Lombarda plant in Italy. According to the Irish company, the machine is said to be suitable for solid board as well as carton board in single ...
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The firm said that its new machine was suitable for both solid board and carton board in single and double wave. World first In a statement, Smurfit Kappa added: "This is the first installation in the world of an in-line laminator in ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, carton board
The Ontario chapter of the Institute of Packaging Professionals is producing a packaging show (scheduled Tuesday, April 16, noon to 5 pm at the Centre for Health & Safety Innovation in Missisauga) that is designed to bring together ...
Irish Paper-based packaging provider Smurfit Kappa is all set to introduce a new range of Pouch-Up products in two shapes. One pouch comes with a single gusset at the base, while the other has a gusset at the bottom and top. New formats ...
Irish paper-based packaging company Smurfit Kappa has announced an investment package comprising a six-color flexographic, rotary die-cut press, a new material handling system and corrugator upgrades for its Yate, Bristol plant in the UK. ...
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The Venezuelan government announced the devaluation of its currency, the bolivar fuerte (VEF), on 8 February. The official exchange rate was changed from VEF 4.3 per US dollar to VEF 6.3 per US dollar. Smurfit Kappa said that as a result ...
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Whilst UK GDP growth stalled in the last quarter of 2012, we have a record high in the number of jobs and ultra-low interest rates…hence we're not witnessing the huge job losses and brutal levels of home repossessions that the ...
In a statement, Smurfit Kappa said that the net proceeds of the Smurfit Kappa Acquisitions offering will be used to prepay a portion of the term loans outstanding under the parent company’s senior credit facility. It will also be used ...
Metallic laminated board MirriNor was used and the box was printed by Bradford UV litho firm Oriel. After printing, the boxes were finished at Celloglas. Andrew Webber, owner of the Gusbourne Estate, said: “We wanted to use a ...
Tags: premium carton, English wine maker, printing, boxes
Kliklok International has formed an alliance with corrugated packaging equipment supplier Smurfit Kappa Machine Systems(SKMS),in an attempt to strengthen its position as a designer and manufacturer of cartoning machinery. Both the ...
The technical experts in the design department of Smurfit Kappa in Herzberg, Germany, were recently presented with an interesting challenge - to optimize the existing transport packaging for premium hair care products. The tricky part was ...
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Smurfit Kappa will present its new bulk-corrugated pack, called Viscontainer, at German trade fair FachPack In a statement, the firm described its Viscontainer as a "bulk packaging solution" that can be used for any liquid or paste ...
Tags: Viscotainer, plastic containers, bulk packaging solution