Blue Sky thinking: flexible packaging specialist names new sales and marketing chief

BARRY Bleasdale has been appointed sales and marketing director at flexible packaging manufacturer Skymark. He previously held the same role at Pulse Flexible Packaging and has...
Steven Fallon, Durham Box

Durham Box appoints area sales manager

CORRUGATED packaging manufacturer Durham Box has appointed Steven Fallon as area sales manager with responsibility for northern England. Steven, who joined the company last December,...

Macfarlane reveals ‘robust’ financial performance in trading update

MACFARLANE Group has provided a trading update in which the business has reported a rise in both sales revenue and pre-tax profits. For the period...

Aberdeenshire egg producer makes £2.4m investment in new technology

AN Aberdeenshire egg producer has hatched a plan to almost double its productivity in 2025 with a £2.4 million investment in a new grader. Farmlay...

Macfarlane Group reports ‘good’ sales growth in first half of 2021

MACFARLANE Group has published its interim results for the first six months of 2021, which revealed that sales grew by 26.5% to £133.5 million...

Pitreavie Group appoints new manufacturing director

PACKAGING specialist Pitreavie Group has appointed Scott Alexander as group manufacturing director. He brings 30 years' experience within the packaging industry to the Glenrothes-headquartered business,...
Lizzie Naylor

Firms warned over brand protection

FOOD businesses are being urged to to protect their assets following a court decision to reject a plea by Kit Kat to trademark their...

Loma appoints new Scottish sales manager

IVOR Milne has been appointed regional sales manager for Scotland at machinery specialist Loma Systems. He was most recently a sales engineer with coding and...

Berlin Packaging completes ‘key’ acquisition of Premi

BERLIN Packaging has completed the acquisition of Premi S.p.A., a global packaging supplier that specialises in solutions for the beauty and cosmetic industries. Headquartered in...

UK-headquartered firm secures £123.9m investment

UK-headquartered Plastic Energy has received investment of £123.9 million from three separate companies. The chemical recycling firm offers a 'sustainable solution' to preventing plastic pollution,...