Item Products appoints key account manager

PACKAGING components specialist Item Products has promoted sales executive Charlene Hurst to the newly established position of key account manager. The move is said to...
Carton Pack S.p.A. has acquired Clifton Packaging

Carton Pack completes acquisition of Clifton Packaging

ITALIAN packaging production specialist Carton Pack S.p.A. has acquired Clifton Packaging Group, a UK-based manufacturer of flexible food packaging solutions. Carton Pack is a portfolio...

Plastic packaging tax sees increase in registrations

ECOVERITAS has welcomed the increase in registration for the recently introduced plastic packaging tax (PTT). In August, a freedom of information from law firm Pinsent...
Tom Bouchier

FANUC UK MD set for expanded European remit

TOM Bouchier, MD of automation specialist FANUC UK and FANUC Ireland, will additionally take on the role of northern Europe co-ordinator, VP FANUC Europe,...

Sales and marketing specialist named new Pro Carton president

HORST Bittermann has been appointed the new president of Pro Carton, the European Association of Carton and Cartonboard manufacturers. Bittermann, who is head of marketing at...

Fedrigoni Group acquires minority stake in connected solutions pioneer

THE Fedrigoni Group, a global player in specialty papers for luxury packaging, has acquired a minority stake in SharpEnd / io.tt, the IoT solutions...
Inhaler

Scottish firm behind innovative cardboard inhaler secures £1.5m funding boost

EDINBURGH-based 1nhaler has secured an additional £1.5 million in seed funding to drive development of its novel pop-up cardboard dry powder inhaler (DPI). Unlike conventional...

Macfarlane Group acquires specialist protective packaging business

MACFARLANE Group has completed the acquisition of A.E. Sutton Limited, trading as Suttons Performance Packaging, a specialist protective packaging manufacturing business based in Cambridgeshire. Founded...

Berry confirms consolidation of tooling capabilities

BERRY Global has announced a consolidation of the company’s regional tooling operations into one source of expertise. The business explained that Berry Global Tooling Services...

VOID Technologies appoints industry stalwart as chief technology advisor

MATERIAL sciences company VOID Technologies has appointed Dr Barry A. Morris as chief technology advisor as part of its mission to accelerate the transition...