Ross earns top apprentice prize

ROSS Veitch from Irvine-based CV Labels recently scooped a top apprentice award at a prestigious ceremony in Glasgow. The Graphic Enterprise Scotland Apprentice Awards were...

EFIA Golf Day goes with a swing

A number of firms across the flexo industry took part in the successful 2016 EFIA Golf Day. Over 30 golfers braved the early morning rain...

New solutions in counterfeit battle

DENNY Bros says it is helping pharmaceutical firms tackle the scourge of counterfeit drugs. The producer of multi-page pharmaceutical labels has developed a security 2D...

Cracking the codes in flexible packaging

By Neil Cook (product marketing manager – TTO, Domino Printing Sciences) and David Croft (product marketing manager – DOD Ink Jet, Domino Printing Sciences) A...
David Peters

“In many cases, the packaging is the brand”

Q) What’s the history of API? A) API has a long history in manufacturing and distributing foils, films and laminates to enhance the visual appeal...
Billy Armitage

Strength in numbers helps Lothian Labels press on with growth

SELF-ADHESIVE labels manufacturer, Lothian Labels and Packaging, located in Broxburn, is part of Scotland’s largest independent packaging group, the UPAC Group. The family-owned Group is...

Why laser is making its mark

Laser technology is losing its ‘expensive’ reputation and its versatility is making it an ideal solution for many coding applications, says Matt Eastham, laser...

IML enters new growth phase

In-mould labelling (IML) may be well known in injection moulding. However, the reasons for investing in it have evolved and are not always so...

Labelling solution boosts production at coffee firm

After launching a mail order business in 2013, Pact Coffee saw orders shoot through the roof and quickly realised it needed to switch from...

A ‘fresh’ approach to cooked meats packaging

Macfarlane Labels has joined forces with Greene Farm Foods to launch a new, easy open & re-closable labelling system across their range of cooked...