ECO’s rapid growth plan

SUSTAINABLE packaging specialist ECO Plastics has secured a £6m funding package that will allow the firm to expand its operations during the coming year. Existing...
Kensal teams up with KUKA

Kensal teams up with KUKA

CONVEYING systems manufacturer Kensal Handling Systems has become the first UK company to enter into a ‘Systems Partner Agreement’ with KUKA Robotics UK Ltd. The...

Appointments

• UWE Harbauer (right) starts the New Year as Bosch Technology’s new senior vice president based at the firm’s base in Crailsheim, Germany. He...

News in brief

• REXAM is investing £20m in a fourth manufacturing line at its beverage can plant in Ludesch, Austria. The facility is next to Red...
European dream: Erik Bouts.

O-I Europe Bouts-up for 2013 growth

GLASS packaging manufacturer O-I Europe has started 2013 with a new man at the helm of the multi-national business. New president Erik Bouts takes over...
Beatson Clark working with award-winners

Beatson Clark assisting award-winners

GLASS manufacturer Beatson Clark has supplied the jars for a new Passionfruit Curd launched by award-winning niche food producer Darlington & Daughters. Described as “a...

News in brief

• CLONDALKIN Group company Wentus won a notable printing award at the Proflex Industry Standards Conference in Germany. Wentus secured the DFTA AWARD 2012 for...

Dynamic tomatoes

AN award-winning horticulture business has purchased Eurokett Matrix labelling equipment from Advanced Dynamics Ltd for its production site in Norfolk. King’s Lynn-based Cornerways Nursery, part...

Scottish packaging star earns US stripes

AN ingenious Scots invention that warns when food or other products are about to expire has secured a major investment that could propel the...

New company labels BioCity a smart move

A NEW Scottish company specializing in smart packaging and sensor labels is targeting rapid growth after setting up home at a high tech facility...