Pollard Boxes acquires Clarke Rubicon
Rigid box supplier Pollard Boxes has announced its acquisition of the trading name, business and assets of presentation packaging manufacturer Clarke Rubicon Ltd.
Leicestershire-based Clarke...
RPC makes £261m offer for BPI
RPC Group is poised to buy Greenock-based British Polythene Industries (BPI) in a £261 million deal.
The respective boards announced an agreement has been reached on...
New facility takes centre stage
DESCRIBED as a move to further drive forward innovation and productivity, Loma Systems has opened a Technical Centre of Excellence in Manchester.
Loma said the...
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...
