Onex to buy SIG Combibloc Group

PRIVATE Equity firm Onex has agreed to acquire SIG Combibloc Group. The takeover is anticipated to formally close in the first quarter of 2015, subject...

All good in the hood

Daren Spice, sales and marketing director at Gordian Strapping, discusses the benefits of stretch hooding ONCE pallets have been secured for transit, often with plastic...

SIG opens new Chinese centre to develop products

SIG has opened a new tech centre close to its packaging plant in Suzhou, China, where new filling technology will be developed and manufactured. The...

Brewery toasts new equipment in Borders

IC Filling Systems has installed a sterile filtration system, a complete 551 automatic rinser-filler-capper, and an inline labelling machine and conveyor system for an...

Hold the front page for new magazine

SIG Combibloc has introduced a new Robotic Magazine (R-CAM) for high-speed filling machines, that fills up to 24,000 carton packs per hour. The new R-CAM...

Capacity is filling up

RP Adam is to increase production capacity at its Selkirk base by more than 40% after investing £125,000 in new filling line technology. The cleaning...

Machines tipped to star at beer industry trade show

MAKRO Labelling UK has confirmed it will be showcasing Eurostar products at the upcoming SIBA Beer X exhibition after being appointed agents for the Italian...
Yorkshire Packaging Systems Ltd

A fulfilling project

SHRINK wrapping equipment supplier Yorkshire Packaging Systems Ltd has delivered five fully automatic side feed sleeve wrappers to the Dewsbury-based Mount Packaging Systems Limited,...

Yamato weighs in with new filling line

YAMATO Scale Dataweigh recently demonstrated its new fruit weighing and punnet/tray filling line in the first open house event to be held at its new Leeds...

MBF technology hailed over product integrity

PEEBLES-based Evolution Bottling and Packaging Solutions has revealed MBF filling technology is at the heart of its work with premium whisky producers. Marketing manager Susan...