Macfarlane Group profits ‘in line with market consensus’
PROTECTIVE packaging specialist Macfarlane Group has released its preliminary results for 2024, which detail pre-tax profit has increased by 3% on revenues that have...
Aluminium foil tray manufacturer appoints new sales chief
TOM Cliffe has been appointed head of sales at aluminium foil tray manufacturer i2r Packaging Solutions.
Reporting to commercial director Katy Rogers, Tom will assume...
Joint venture creates new Scottish pallet and timber packaging offering
THE owners of Scott Timber and Pallet 24 have teamed up to form Pallet 2 Packaging, a new joint venture formed following the acquisition...
Canon Group confirms acquisition of Edale
CANON Production Printing and Canon Inc. has completed the acquisition of Hampshire-based packaging converting equipment manufacturer Edale.
Through this move, Canon said it is 'intensifying'...
HQ relocation pays off for Samuel Grant Packaging
SAMUEL Grant Packaging has revealed the firm has met the criteria of their employment grant from Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP) due to...
Print Scotland appoints two new board members
PRINT Scotland has announced the appointment of two new members to its board.
Susan Carr, sales director of Irvine-based CV Labels, and Lex Kellett of...
24/7 conversion brings packaging sector jobs boost
AUTOMATED Packaging Systems’ has announced that its in-house converting process is now running 24/7.
The business said this is enabling the company to meet greater...
Macfarlane Group acquires Carters Packaging
MACFARLANE Group has completed the acquisition of Carters Packaging (Cornwall) Limited.
Macfarlane described Carters as the leading distributor of protective packaging in the south west...
New facility tipped to aid research into potential of inkjet technologies
INKJET specialist Xaar's new technology centre in Sweden has been officially opened by CEO John Mills.
A ceremony, attended by COO Graham Tweedale and members of...
James Cropper appoints chief operations officer to accelerate growth
JAMES Cropper has announced the appointment of Richard Broadhead as chief operations officer for paper and packaging.
Richard will have leadership responsibility for all elements...
