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UNI Packaging invests inUKmanufacturing UNI Packaging announced a £1.5minvestment package fofor itsmanufafacturing site in Lancashire. Themove comes as the group grows its UK share in the short run flexiblemarket. Investments include a Titan SR9-DT
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ational MARCH MARCH DowwinsUPMRaflatac Label Life T, fe Awards DT Dual Turret Slitter and a new
flexo press to be installed later in 2016. The addition of a HP Indigo 20000 digital press, to also be located at the St. Helens site, is due by 2017.
Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics was the winner of the UPMRaflatac Label Lifefe Awards 2016. Dow was one of fofour Label Lifefe Awards finalists; the others were DRT, Henkel andMondi. The company presented its Sustainability Footprint To
Tool that helps company employees
Essentra has announced that it is creating a further 170 jobs at its flagship Newport fa
bring sustainability into the innovation process. Essentra to create newjobs atWales plant facility. This
investment in an adjacent sitewill create a centre of excellence fofor the production of labels and fofoil production,with additional capability fofor carton manufafacturing. This investment is being supported by £400,000 fromtheWelsh Government.
MA MAY
Emissions falling acrossUK papermills Figures released through the European Union Emissions Trading System(EU ETS) confirma continued fafall in carbon emissions fromUK paper mills. 2015 emissionswere eight per cent lower than those in 2014 and 46 per cent lower than in 2008. Itwas said thatmuch of the reduction is caused by the closure of UK papermanufafacturing.
Xeiko
month to educate label prin Xeikon took to the road in N kon tours itsUSA labe
ters and converters orth America this l event
about key developments in the region’s label market. The company was joined by a number of customers that shared stories on how digital printing helped future-proof their business. Also, there were results of amarket study on the North American labelling sector fromearly 2016.
SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER
APIGroup acquiresUSA lamination facility API Group has completed its acquisition of paper converter Hazen Paper Company’s Paperboard Lamination facilities and business in Indiana, USA.
The future of packaging looks bright
Graphic Packaging International presented awards to students fofor its carton design competition, part of the StarPack Awards 2016.
OC OBER OCTOBER
PCI announces European site expansion PCI Pharma Services has announced the
our PCI European-based locations supporting investigational studymaterials. The fafacility expansion will provide 37,500sq ftft of additional space in support of the secondary packaging and logistical services provided there.
expansion of its Bridgend UK Clinical site, one of ffo
This is the latest in a series of significant investments by PCI in developing its Bridgend site,most recently with a purpose-built and dedicated -40°C
ffa acility, as well as a broader Cold
Chain capacity expansion that increased site storage by over 400 per cent. These investments mirror others at European and North American sites, supporting services fofor clinical trials and its considerable business growth in this segment.
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Success across the digital print industry This year’s EDP Awards at the drupa exhibition saw Epson’s new SureColor SC-P20000 win‘Best Photographic Printer’and the N610i digital label press fromDomino win‘Best Label Printer.’ Elsewhere,Mimaki won three awards.
Sun Chemical opens a newfacility inTurkey Sun Chemical has opened a $30million 50,000sqmproduction centre in Izmir, Turkey dedicated to serving the growing demand for solvent-based flexible packaging solutions.
fo Davis-Standard expandsUSA facility
Davis-Standard’s expansion of its primary fafacility in Connecticut, USA,will add 15,000sq fft
t of space; it
will house themanufafacturing andmachining of advancedmulti-layer blown filmdies.
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or its actions in response to climate change, and has earned a position on the Climate A List by CDP.
Metsä Board named climate change leader Metsä Board has been identified as a global leader ffo
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Ritrama to open newUSA production centre Ritrama is investing $85million in a new30,000sqm ffa
acility in South Carolina, USA,whichwill utilise the latest coating technologies and advanced robotics ffo
or internal logistics and packaging. JUL JULY UGUST LY/AUGUST HERMA to launchUSA subsidiary
sales fofor the company’s UK ff, the lon
be led by Peter Goff,
HERMA’s new USA branch in New Jersey will initially concentrate on sales and servicing; it will gtime director of branch.
Full speed ahead at Iggesun ’sd’sUKMill Production at Iggesund Paperboard’smill in the UK has recommenced. At the beginning ofMarch the boardmachinewas shut down fofor a rebuildwhile the press sectionwas replaced. Prior to this, Iggesund had investedmore than £200million in WorkingtonMill, located in Cumbria, since the company’s Incada ed atWorkington.
fofolding box board is produc turn of themillennium. The
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Parkside Flexibles has taken Winners fromthe annual
EFIA Print Awards one of the top prizes
at the European Flexographic Industry
ng companies, 2016saw product innovation category fo owtonewheights
Technology fofor Clean Transfefer.
aw Gold in the sustainablemanufacturing and sandwich wrap. Also, Asahi Photoproducts was
for its Parkscribe
also recognised with a Gold Award fofor its Pinning Te
Association (EFIA) Print Awards – its third EFIA award in two years. The company was awarded
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