API parent company completes Dunmore acquisition

Steel Partners Holdings, the parent company of UK-based API Group, has completed the acquisition of the assets of the specialty coated film manufacturer, Dunmore...

Fortress acquires New Zealand-based equipment manufacturer

FORTRESS Technology now has four global manufacturing hubs after completing the acquisition of Dynamic Inspection, a manufacturer of in-line metal detectors, x-ray and checkweighing...

Companies share thoughts on plastic packaging tax

PLASTIC packaging manufactured in, or imported into, the UK containing less than 30% recycled plastic will be subject to a tax of £200 per...

YPS event marks 45 years in business

YORKSHIRE Packaging Systems (YPS) recently celebrated the firm's 45th anniversary and raised over £3,000 in charitable donations for hospices in the West Yorkshire area. Around...
Macfarlane Group

Macfarlane trading ‘broadly in line’ with market expectations

PROTECTIVE packaging specialist Macfarlane Group has posted interim financial results for the first six months of 2024, which revealed an 8% dip in revenue...

Domino creates senior environmental impact role

CODING and marking supplier Domino Printing Sciences (Domino) has appointed Jessica Büttner as group environmental impact manager. The new role has been created as part...

Loma announces changes to nationwide field service team

Loma Systems has announced a restructuring of its nationwide field service team. The manufacturer of metal detectors, checkweighers and x-ray inspection equipment for the food industry...

Reusable packaging business increases warehouse capacity to support expansion plans

REUSABLE plastic packaging and pooling solutions specialist Tosca has doubled the company’s warehousing capacity in Yorkshire after concluding a new 10-year lease from Onward...
Yeast

Canadian and UK firms partner to develop sustainable bioplastics

RENAISSANCE BioScience Corp is partnering with UK-based Biome Bioplastics Limited on a £814,000 two-year initiative to develop sustainable bioplastics. The Canadian specialist in bioengineered yeast...
Justin Giddings and Tracey Kendall

Glass packaging company confirms changes to management structure

GLASS packaging business Croxsons has announced some changes to its management structure. Tracey Kendall, formerly business development manager - export, has been appointed as the...