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...
Small dip in can deliveries market
THERE was a slight dip in the UK can market last year, according to new statistics reported by industry trade body the Can Makers.
A...
EU: should we stay or should we go?
Millions of Britons will cast their vote on June 23 on the UK’s membership of the European Union. Packaging Scotland’s Gary Moug finds out...
Americk snaps up Adare Advantage
Americk Packaging has finalised a deal to acquire Suffolk-based Adare Advantage.
The group says the addition of this site will see them hit €140 million in sales...
Spiroflow snaps up Food Control Solutions
Spiroflow, a manufacturer of conveying, bulk handling and weighing systems for process companies across the world, has expanded its range of services to the...
DiamondPak boxes clever with newest acquisition
SPECIALIST corrugated packaging firm DiamondPak has snapped up its local competitor Atlantic Box.
The move will give south Wales-based DiamondPak, whose client list includes Barclays, John Lewis,...
Par-Pak snaps up Deltaform Group
Par-Pak Europe, the UK Division of the US-based Waddington Group, has snapped up Somerset-based packaging manufacturer Deltaform and its Buckinghamshire-based subsidiary Chiltern Thermoforming.
The manufacturers will join...
Global One-Pak enjoys record breaking year
Innovative packaging provider Global One-Pak (GOP) has revealed that 2014 was the most successful in the company’s 12 year history, with a massive 25%...
Bagged in a Jiffy
Whistl, the second largest private postal service in the country, has won a competitive tender from Jiffy Packaging Company for a three-year contract to...
W&M Watson complete acquisition of Peter Bryson Packaging
W&M Watson Packaging Ltd (WMW), one of Scotland’s long standing leaders in the new and used cardboard industry, has formally announced the successful acquisition...
