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Hobs Reprographics of Liverpool is planning to expand its network of 3D printing studios across the country, having raised £7m from the Business Growth Fund.
23-Dec-2014


PFF Packaging has acquired Thermopak, the Gateshead-based operator of a 65,000 sq ft packaging plant with 70 staff, for undisclosed terms.
22-Dec-2014


Boxes & Packaging has acquired the assets of Scott Packaging, the Glasgow-based supplier of corrugated and timber packaging.
18-Dec-2014


Capita has acquired Complete Imaging, the Birmingham-based print services firm with 80 staff.
15-Dec-2014


Chelmsford Council is to consider plans from the International Bible Students Association for a new headquarters and printing plant at Temple Farm, with space for up to 1,200 people.
15-Dec-2014


ECO Plastics has been acquired by investment group Aurelius, securing the future of its plastic bottle recycling plant in Lincolnshire.
15-Dec-2014


Your Print Partner is planning to relocate its Lincoln-based printing business and 14 staff to a new 28,000 sq ft site next year.
15-Dec-2014


Can-Pack UK is seeking permission to extend its Scunthorpe-based factory and warehouse by about 100,000 sq ft.
02-Dec-2014


Potts Print UK has bought Digital XL Services, the Cramlington-based printing firm, for undisclosed terms.
02-Dec-2014


Petainer is to unveil plans to develop a new plastic packaging factory at an undisclosed location in the UK early next year.
02-Dec-2014


Multi Packaging Solutions is to acquire Presentation Products Group, the Arbroath-based gift packaging supplier.
01-Dec-2014


Samuel Grant Group is to relocate its Leeds-based packaging business to a new 50,000 sq ft warehouse at Thornes Farm in 2015, with the creation of 15 jobs.
27-Nov-2014


W&M Watson Packaging has acquired Lothian Labels and Complete Labelling, two self-adhesive label suppliers based in central Scotland.
27-Nov-2014


Advent Print Group, the Hampshire-based printing firm with 80 staff, has been acquired by Thames Group.
25-Nov-2014


Smith & Nephew is to sell its plastic nets and foams factory in Gilberdyke to US-based DelStar Technologies, with the transfer of some of the 91 staff.
20-Nov-2014


Essentra is to create 20 jobs at its packaging factory in Newport.
20-Nov-2014


Precision Printing has acquired a majority stake in First2Print, the Sunderland-based trade printer with 20 staff.
19-Nov-2014


CeDo, the Telford-based supplier of bin liners and aluminium foil, has been sold by Rutland Partners to Straco.
17-Nov-2014


Ricoh is to expand the 700-strong workforce at its printing machinery factory in Telford, following a multi-million pound investment at the site.
13-Nov-2014


Essentra has acquired the specialist packaging division of Clondalkin Group for £287m, including 2,400 staff at 24 sites.
13-Nov-2014


Mercian Labels is to create 25 new jobs at its label factories in Burntwood and Derby over the next three years.
12-Nov-2014


Benders has secured funding of £5.3m to expand production at its paper cups factory in Wrexham.
11-Nov-2014


Elliott Baxter & Company has acquired a 60,000 sq ft warehouse at Trafford Park in Manchester for its paper supplies business.
10-Nov-2014


Avery UK has acquired Label Connections, the St Neots-based self-adhesive label printer with 16 staff, for £1.6m.
10-Nov-2014


HPM & Addo has been bought out of administration by a management team, saving 30 of the 42 jobs at its Newton Aycliffe-based printing business.
04-Nov-2014


Benson Group is to sell Medica Packaging, the Crewe-based packaging supplier with about 100 staff, to an investment team backed by Sullivan Street Partners for undisclosed terms.
04-Nov-2014


Plastics Capital is to acquire Flexipol, the Lancashire-based industrial packaging manufacturer with 100 staff, for up to £11m.
04-Nov-2014


Inspirepac is to set up a 100,000 sq ft packaging warehouse and office at Markham Vale in Derbyshire in 2015, with the creation of up to 100 jobs.
03-Nov-2014


Polymark, the Daventry-based manufacturer of labels and badges with 40 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
27-Oct-2014


Kite Packaging is to relocate its Swindon branch to a new two-acre site on the South Marston Industrial Estate by February 2015.
23-Oct-2014


Nippon Gohsei has announced a £1.3m expansion in the production of the Soarnol packaging product at its plant in Hull.
21-Oct-2014


Totally Wicked is planning to expand its electronic cigarette factory in Blackburn with a new two-storey building and an increase to the 65-strong workforce.
15-Oct-2014


Freshways has acquired DairyStix, the Devon-based supplier of milk sachets.
13-Oct-2014


Pugh's Colourprint has acquired Cardiff-based Chas Hunt to create a combined printing group with 23 staff.
07-Oct-2014


Ardagh Glass is to set up a 10,000 sq ft office at 10 Portman Square in London.
06-Oct-2014


Alumasc Group has sold Pendock, the Telford-based plywood pipe boxing supplier, to Davidson Holdings for £1.5m.
02-Oct-2014


Kaymar Print, the Preston-based commercial printer with 12 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
30-Sep-2014


Collcap is to relocate its Leek-based cosmetics packaging business and up to 35 staff to a new site at the Leekbrook Industrial Estate by 2015.
29-Sep-2014


Universal Flexible Packaging is to relocate to a new £11m factory on Lewisher Road in Leicester by summer 2015, with the creation of 56 jobs.
22-Sep-2014


Armin & Butler, the Manchester-based printing firm with 20 staff, has been bought out of administration by Boss Direct.
17-Sep-2014


James Cropper is planning to double the production capacity at its Technical Fibre Products factory in Cumbria over the next year.
15-Sep-2014


Par-Pak Europe has acquired Holfeld Plastics, the Irish packaging manufacturer, for undisclosed terms.
11-Sep-2014


Webtech is to expand the 120-strong workforce at its Enniskillen-based labels factory with 35 jobs, as part of a £11m investment.
09-Sep-2014


Macfarlane Group has acquired Network Packaging, the Wolverhampton-based packaging distributor, for up to £7.5m.
09-Sep-2014


SurgiChem, the Stockport-based supplier of medication adherence packaging solutions, has been acquired by US-based Omnicell for undisclosed terms.
27-Aug-2014


HLC is looking to create 20 new jobs at its pallet manufacturing operations in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire over the next six months.
27-Aug-2014


Bunzl has announced four acquisitions, including Droitwich-based 365 Healthcare, Cheltenham-based Premiere Products, Bilston-based Lee Brothers and Leicester-based Guardsman.
27-Aug-2014


Learoyd Packaging, the Burnley-based packaging firm with 180 staff, has been acquired by US-based Coveris for undisclosed terms.
26-Aug-2014


Badgemaster has acquired Akorn Badge Company of Cumbernauld for undisclosed terms, creating a combined group with 90 staff.
21-Aug-2014


Faerch Plast is planning to expand its plastic packaging factory in Durham, with the creation of 30 jobs.
20-Aug-2014


Arc International Tableware is to relocate its glassware warehouse operations to a 292,000 sq ft site at Pinvin near Pershore, with the creation of 14 jobs.
14-Aug-2014


North Wolds Printers, the North Yorkshire-based printing firm, has been acquired by a former director of Communisis.
07-Aug-2014


Beatson Clark is planning to invest a further £10m in the expansion of its Rotherham-based glass packaging manufacturing plant.
04-Aug-2014


Potts Print UK has acquired Bakershaw Print, the North Tyneside-based commercial printing firm, for undisclosed terms.
04-Aug-2014


Tharstern, the Lancashire-based print management software firm with 40 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
23-Jul-2014


Cooksmill is to create up to 20 jobs at its new catering supplies operation in Salford this summer.
17-Jul-2014


Lexicraft, the Wirral-based labels and signs manufacturer with 52 staff, has been acquired by Raventa for undisclosed terms.
14-Jul-2014


Armstrong Packaging, the Arbroath-based rigid box manufacturer with 80 staff, has been acquired by Multi Packaging Solutions for undisclosed terms.
09-Jul-2014


Haven is to relocate its packing business and 84 staff to the 34,000 sq ft former Remploy factory in Clydebank in August.
07-Jul-2014


DS Smith has sold its Pollokshaws-based plastics print solutions business to a management team operating under the name of MBM Print & Supply Chain Solutions.
03-Jul-2014


Service Point UK is to create up to 40 new jobs at its printing operations across the country by the end of the year.
02-Jul-2014


J Stell & Sons is to relocate its Keighley-based cardboard tube manufacturing business to a new factory nearby next year, with the creation of nine jobs.
02-Jul-2014


Sato UK is planning to relocate its Tendring-based labelling factory to a new site nearby.
25-Jun-2014


Glencairn Crystal is to expand the 40-strong workforce at its East Kilbride-based glassware business with 20 new jobs over the next few months.
23-Jun-2014


Doric Group has acquired Food Innovations, the Leicestershire-based supplier of baking products.
23-Jun-2014


API Foils is to invest £5m in the expansion of its decorative foils plant in Livingston.
17-Jun-2014


Coveris has acquired St Neots Packaging, the Cambridgeshire-based cartonboard manufacturer with about 200 staff, for undisclosed terms.
16-Jun-2014


UNI Packaging has acquired Arteb Printing, the Merseyside-based flexible packaging manufacturer, for undisclosed terms.
10-Jun-2014


Sign+Digital, the Irish supplier of printing equipment with 23 staff, is seeking account managers to expand into the UK market.
05-Jun-2014


Mayr Melnhof has acquired a 162,000 sq ft packaging distribution centre on the Deeside Industrial Estate.
04-Jun-2014


Wessex Labels is to expand the 30-strong workforce at its new 20,000 sq ft labels factory in Hampshire with up to ten new jobs.
02-Jun-2014


Creative Graphics International, the Bedford-based supplier of transport graphics and labels with 40 staff, has undergone a £11m management buy-out.
02-Jun-2014


Simpsons Shaving Brushes is considering plans to relocate its handmade brushes factory on the Isle of Man to a larger site of about 15,000 sq ft.
29-May-2014


PFF Thermoformed Packaging is looking to expand the 100-strong workforce at its 97,000 sq ft packaging factory in Keighley.
15-May-2014


Printpack has sold its UK packaging division to a management team, securing the future of 330 jobs in Bury and Saffron Walden.
12-May-2014


Storopack UK has acquired the Northamptonshire-based loose fill packaging division of FP International.
12-May-2014


SCA is to create 100 new jobs at its paper tissue manufacturing plant in Skelmersdale this year.
08-May-2014


Macfarlane Group has acquired Lane Packaging, the Reading-based packaging distributor, for an initial £0.7m.
07-May-2014


Quantum Print & Packaging, the Wednesbury-based carton packaging manufacturer, has undergone a management buy-out.
06-May-2014


Paragon Group UK has acquired the assets of Service Point UK, the printing firm with offices in Middlesbrough and Gateshead.
06-May-2014


Weidenhammer UK is to invest a further £6m in new equipment for its packaging factory in Bradford this year.
01-May-2014


TRM Packaging is investing £8m in the expansion of its Lancashire-based cardboard packaging plant.
01-May-2014


Innovia Films, the Cumbria-based manufacturer of packaging films with 1,600 staff, has been acquired by Arle Capital for £410m.
29-Apr-2014


Ritrama UK is relocating its Manchester-based self-adhesive materials business from Eccles to a 115,000 sq ft warehouse at the Tameside Industrial Park.
28-Apr-2014


Falkland Press has secured funding of £3.3m to expand its Letchworth-based print and design business, including a new unit for printing machinery and up to 25 jobs.
17-Apr-2014


Sandland Packaging has expanded its West Midlands-based cardboard box manufacturing business with the acquisition of the assets of Conyers Packaging.
17-Apr-2014


Desch Plantpak is to invest £2m in the expansion of its plant pot manufacturing facility in Essex this year, securing the future of 65 jobs.
16-Apr-2014


Tetra Pak is to relocate its headquarters and 60 staff from Wrexham to Chester Business Park over the next few months.
15-Apr-2014


Croft Associates is looking to expand the 24-strong workforce at its Abingdon-based radioactive waste containers business with 20 new jobs.
14-Apr-2014


Vistaprint, the printing firm, is to set up a 15,000 sq ft office at King's Cross Central in London later this year.
14-Apr-2014


Arc-UK has bought the assets of Reproworld, the Bradford-based graphic design and print marketing firm, out of administration.
09-Apr-2014


Owens-Illinois is investing £25m in improvements to its glass bottling plant in Alloa, securing the future of 600 jobs.
09-Apr-2014


Streamline Press has acquired John Baxter & Sons, the Hinckley-based printing firm with about 30 staff.
02-Apr-2014


Beacon Packaging is to expand the 95-strong workforce at its Aldershot-based corrugated box manufacturing business with up to ten new jobs.
02-Apr-2014


George Utz is to invest £3.5m in the expansion of its plastic containers factory in Alfreton this year, with the creation of up to 40 jobs.
31-Mar-2014


Delta Print & Packaging is investing £40m at its carton packaging plant in Belfast, with the creation of up to 100 jobs.
26-Mar-2014


Scenestock, the Leyland-based packaging supplier trading as Leyprint with 54 staff, has been sold out of administration to a new company called Affinity Packaging.
18-Mar-2014


Advanced Pallet Systems is to relocate up to 57 staff to the former TE Connectivity site in Bideford later this year.
17-Mar-2014


DCC Health & Beauty Solutions has acquired Lancashire-based UPL to create a combined contract packing group with 500 staff.
12-Mar-2014


PPS Midlands is to relocate its Leicestershire-based transit equipment business to a new 76,000 sq ft site at Marchington in Staffordshire, with the creation of 15 jobs.
12-Mar-2014


JF McKenna is to expand the 49-strong workforce at its Armagh-based packaging business with ten new jobs.
11-Mar-2014


Plastribution has acquired Armstrong Bradley, the Cheshire-based plastics supplier, for undisclosed terms.
04-Mar-2014


Royston Labels is relocating its Hertfordshire-based labels manufacturing facility to a larger 60,000 sq ft site on the Orchard Road Industrial Estate.
26-Feb-2014


Scott Group has agreed a deal with Viridor to set up a £25m glass recycling facility at its packaging plant in Newhouse, Lanarkshire.
26-Feb-2014


Logson Group is to invest £15m in the expansion of its corrugated packaging operations in Preston and Chesterfield, with the creation of 40 jobs.
20-Feb-2014


Benson Group, the packaging manufacturer with 900 staff in Leicester, Newcastle, Gateshead and Crewe, has been acquired by US-based Graphic Packaging International for about £100m.
20-Feb-2014


Askern UK has secured a £1m European grant to fund the development of a new £4.5m wood and cardboard packaging plant in Doncaster, with the creation of 92 jobs.
20-Feb-2014


Rigby Group has acquired M2 Digital, the Manchester-based print services firm with 180 staff, from ECI for undisclosed terms.
19-Feb-2014


Warren Board Sales is setting up a new cartonboard facility in Wednesbury, having acquired machinery from the Reno De Medici site.
18-Feb-2014


Collcap Packaging, the Staffordshire-based supplier of cosmetics packaging, has undergone a management buy-out.
10-Feb-2014


Rexam is to sell its pharmaceutical devices and prescription retail packaging divisions to Montagu Private Equity for £494m.
04-Feb-2014


Viridor is planning to build a £25m glass bottle recycling plant at Newhouse in North Lanarkshire, with the creation of 30 jobs.
23-Jan-2014


My Pack Company is to relocate its Barnsley-based contract packing business to a 40,000 sq ft warehouse at Dodworth.
22-Jan-2014


Corrugated Synergies International of the US is to set up a 320,000 sq ft packaging warehouse in Scunthorpe, with the creation of more than 100 jobs.
20-Jan-2014


Gwalia Packaging is to invest £1.8m in new equipment for its container manufacturing business in Pontypridd.
16-Jan-2014


Garthwest Packaging has acquired a 320,000 sq ft factory and warehouse unit on the Normanby Enterprise Park near Scunthorpe.
16-Jan-2014


AlphaGraphics North East has expanded its Stockton-based printing business with the acquisition of School Diaries for undisclosed terms.
15-Jan-2014


Encore Envelopes is to create up to 40 new jobs at its Washington-based envelope manufacturing business, following the acquisition of the UK subsidiary of Spanish firm Tompla Envelopes.
14-Jan-2014


Corrugated Box Supplies has acquired Connect Packaging, the Essex-based corrugated sheet manufacturer with 80 staff.
14-Jan-2014


Really Useful Products is to invest £7m in the expansion of its Normanton-based storage box manufacturing business, with the creation of 175 jobs by 2020.
09-Jan-2014


Concord Filing, the paper products manufacturer with 111 staff in Liverpool and London, has been bought out of administration by Pukka Filing Products.
09-Jan-2014


TCL Packaging is to relocate its Telford-based flexible packaging business to a 70,000 sq ft factory on Stafford Park.
08-Jan-2014


Accrol Papers is planning to invest £12m in the expansion of its tissue production plant in Blackburn, with the creation of 90 jobs.
07-Jan-2014