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Packaging - 2013
Innovia is to invest £20m in the development of a new polymer bank notes factory at Wigton in Cumbria by 2016, with the creation of 80 jobs.
30-Dec-2013
RPC Group has acquired Maynard & Harris, the Beccles-based supplier of rigid plastic packaging with 700 staff, for £103m.
17-Dec-2013
TDX, the Gateshead-based thermoformed packaging manufacturer with 90 staff, has undergone a management buy-out.
16-Dec-2013
Woodway UK has acquired an additional 28,000 sq ft of warehouse space for its packaging materials business at Earls Barton Industrial Estate in Northampton.
10-Dec-2013
JLA Group has acquired Carford Group, the Dorset-based catering equipment distributor with 130 staff.
10-Dec-2013
FC Cartons has secured government funding to invest in new equipment at its Derbyshire-based packaging business, with the creation of 15 jobs by 2015.
03-Dec-2013
BCP Fluted Packaging, the Blackburn-based corrugated packaging supplier, has been acquired by Huhtamaki Group.
02-Dec-2013
Prospect Mailing Services of Bradford has been bought out of administration by St Ives Bradford for £0.4m.
28-Nov-2013
Smith & McLaurin, the Renfrewshire-based labels manufacturer with 90 staff, has undergone a management buy-out and expects to create 20 new jobs by 2016.
25-Nov-2013
Gala Tent has bought a 50% stake in Sign Man, and the Rotherham-based digital printing business will relocate to Gala Tent's 53,000 sq ft site on Farfield Park.
19-Nov-2013
Allied Glass, the bottle manufacturer with 660 staff and two factories in Leeds and Knottingley, has been acquired by private equity firm CBPE for about £120m.
11-Nov-2013
ISP is to relocate its Walsall-based printing business and 80 staff to a new 70,000 sq ft building on the i54 business park in South Staffordshire next year.
06-Nov-2013
David Nieper is planning to set up a £1.7m catalogue printing operation at its Alfreton-based fashion business, with the creation of up to 35 jobs.
06-Nov-2013
James Briggs is to invest £5.5m in the expansion of its aerosols and consumer chemicals business in Manchester, with the creation of up to 50 jobs.
04-Nov-2013
CM Downton has bought C&H Hauliers, the Kent-based paper transport firm with 180 staff, from the administrators of Charles Gee Group.
29-Oct-2013
Duckworths is to create ten new jobs at its Blackpool-based vending supplies business.
17-Oct-2013
Smurfit Kappa UK has acquired CRP Print & Packaging, the Corby-based litho-laminated packaging supplier with 220 staff, for undisclosed terms.
16-Oct-2013
Structure-Flex is to relocate its Norfolk-based bags and tanks manufacturing business and up to 80 jobs to a 48,000 sq ft factory in Cromer next year.
15-Oct-2013
Intelipac has acquired Nelson Packaging, the Lancashire-based supplier of plastic bags, creating a combined group with 300 staff.
14-Oct-2013
Specialist Anodising Company is to invest £3.5m in the expansion of its aluminium caps factory in Burnley over the next year, with the creation of 20 jobs.
09-Oct-2013
Packaging Coordinators Inc is to create 50 new jobs at its pharmaceutical packaging business in Hay-on-Wye over the next six months.
08-Oct-2013
Cliffe Packaging has acquired Bag Supplies, the Cumbria-based bag supplier, from its Canadian parent company.
07-Oct-2013
Sofidel of Italy has acquired the Northern Tissue Group paper mill in Lancaster for undisclosed terms.
03-Oct-2013
Retail Supply Group, the Birmingham-based supplier of plastic bags with 39 staff, has been bought out of administration by Greenpac (Europe).
02-Oct-2013
St Ives has sold its SIDB direct mail and digital printing division in Bradford to Cogent B2B for £8m.
01-Oct-2013
John Watson & Co, the Glasgow-based label printer, has been acquired by US-based Multi-Color Corporation.
30-Sep-2013
PlasRecycle is to open a £11m plastic bag recycling plant at Woolwich in London by the end of the year, with the creation of 32 jobs.
25-Sep-2013
Bottleworks has been sold out of administration to Yorkshire Bottles Solution, securing 260 jobs at its Normanton-based glass containers business.
25-Sep-2013
Pureprint has bought the Abstract printing division of Annodata out of administration, saving 49 jobs in Bedfordshire.
18-Sep-2013
Colourstream has been bought out of administration by Riverprint Derby, saving 16 jobs at its Derby-based printing business.
17-Sep-2013
Sonoco Trident has acquired Imagelinx, the packaging design company with 100 staff in Mansfield, Milton Keynes, Glasgow and France.
03-Sep-2013
Can-Pack UK is to invest £10m in the expansion of its can packaging factory in Scunthorpe by early 2014, with the creation of 60 jobs.
02-Sep-2013
Bunzl has acquired The Fulfilment Store, the Rugby-based promotional products and marketing firm with revenue of £8m.
28-Aug-2013
Pyramid Display Materials has acquired Sydney Beaumont, the Leeds-based self-adhesive vinyl distributor.
28-Aug-2013
Innovia Films is to invest £20m in the expansion of polypropylene film capacity at its factory in Wigton, Cumbria, by 2015.
27-Aug-2013
Discovery Foils has been bought out of administration by Moneta Packaging of Slovakia for undisclosed terms, saving at least 14 of the jobs at its Shropshire-based foil packaging business.
22-Aug-2013
Paragon Group has bought the assets of Horner Brothers, the Rotherham-based printing and marketing services firm.
21-Aug-2013
Envelope Works Group has acquired Ace Envelopes for undisclosed terms, and will transfer the London business to its site in Lancashire.
21-Aug-2013
York Mailing has acquired The Lettershop Group, the Leeds-based printing and marketing firm with 200 staff, taking its total workforce to 500 at three sites.
14-Aug-2013
Cleansing Service Group has acquired Saxon Recycling, the Cambridgeshire-based print waste management firm with 12 staff, for undisclosed terms.
06-Aug-2013
Mailway Packaging is looking to recruit about 100 temporary workers at its Bradford-based packing business.
05-Aug-2013
Veritek Global, the Eastbourne-based imaging equipment maintenance firm with 300 staff, has undergone a £11m management buy-out backed by Mobeus Equity Partners.
05-Aug-2013
York Mailing has secured a £10m investment from the Business Growth Fund to expand its York-based printing business, including new equipment and acquisitions.
16-Jul-2013
SCA Hygiene Products is looking to recruit 20 engineering apprentices at its tissue manufacturing plant in Prudhoe, Northumberland.
11-Jul-2013
Alpine Press, the Hertfordshire-based commercial printing company with 35 staff, has been sold out of administration to a management buy-out.
09-Jul-2013
Chesapeake, the Nottingham-based packaging manufacturer with 5,000 staff in nine countries, has been acquired by private equity firm Carlyle Group for undisclosed terms.
04-Jul-2013
Nampak Plastics is to create more than 50 warehouse and engineering jobs at its bottles factory in Derbyshire this year, following a £5m investment in machinery.
02-Jul-2013
Sepha, the Belfast-based manufacturer of blister packaging machinery with 32 staff, has been sold by Enterprise Equity to US-based TASI Group for undisclosed terms.
02-Jul-2013
Berforts Information Press is to merge with Frome-based Butler Tanner & Dennis to create a combined book printing group with 230 staff.
01-Jul-2013
Bernard Matthews is to invest £2m in new packaging machinery at its turkey products plant in Halesworth.
25-Jun-2013
Communisis is to relocate its cheque production operation from Trafford Park to Leeds later this year, and much of its Leeds-based direct mail work will be outsourced.
18-Jun-2013
Professional Packaging Services, the Bradford-based gift packaging supplier, has been acquired by InnerWorkings of the US for undisclosed terms.
10-Jun-2013
Xaar is to invest £10m in the expansion of its inkjet printer factory in Huntingdon this year, with the creation of about 60 jobs.
06-Jun-2013
Greiner Packaging is investing £2.2m in the expansion of its packaging plant in Dungannon, with the creation of ten jobs.
04-Jun-2013
Envirocomp of New Zealand is planning to set up a nappy recycling plant at Rochester in Kent this autumn.
03-Jun-2013
Cap-It-All, the Warrington-based manufacturer of lids for disposable packaging, has been acquired by Sovereign Partners.
03-Jun-2013
Ishida Europe, the supplier of packaging machinery, has acquired the 21,000 sq ft Brook House office at Woodgate Valley Business Park in Birmingham for £2m.
30-May-2013
British Polythene Industries has acquired Flexfilm, the Cheshire-based polythene films supplier, and its Jordan Plastics subsidiary in Ireland for £5.5m.
14-May-2013
Britton Group and Paragon Print & Packaging are to merge with Exopack, Kobusch and PACCOR to create a global plastic packaging business with 63 plants and 8,650 staff.
08-May-2013
Weidenhammer UK is to invest £1.6m in new equipment for its packaging plant in Bradford this year, with the creation of ten jobs.
29-Apr-2013
BOS of Cheltenham is to open a packaging design consultancy office at The Calls in Leeds this month.
25-Apr-2013
Bunzl has acquired Michael Davies Associates, the Blackburn-based promotional products supplier with 180 staff, for undisclosed terms.
22-Apr-2013
Alpha Media Solutions has acquired Steffprint, the Keighley-based commercial printing firm with 27 staff, out of administration.
22-Apr-2013
SCA is to relocate its personal hygiene products business from Salford Quays to a 10,000 sq ft office at the Voyager building at Manchester Airport.
17-Apr-2013
WRS is to create up to 50 new jobs at its new warehouse and packing services facility at the Campbell Centre in Stoke-on-Trent.
04-Apr-2013
Pankaboard of Finland is looking to expand in the UK by opening a cartonboard sales office in Nottingham later this month.
03-Apr-2013
Arena Group is to upgrade the Wakefield-based headquarters of its document management services business, with the creation of 12 jobs this year.
28-Mar-2013
Eurofilms has won permission for the £3m expansion of its film extrusion factory in Telford, with the creation of six jobs.
28-Mar-2013
Seda UK is to invest £18m in the expansion of its packaging factory in Blackwood over the next five years, with the creation of 70 jobs.
27-Mar-2013
Garnett Dickinson has sold Acorn Web Offset, the Normanton-based printing firm with 100 staff, to management for undisclosed terms.
26-Mar-2013
Filtrona is to acquire Contego Healthcare, the pan-European provider of print and packaging services to the healthcare market, for £160m.
20-Mar-2013
Magnet Harlequin has acquired Technik, the Berkhamsted-based printing firm, for undisclosed terms.
20-Mar-2013
Disposables UK is to relocate its paper disposables business to a 140,000 sq ft site at Meltham near Huddersfield by June.
11-Mar-2013
TNA of Australia is creating 20 jobs at a new 50,000 sq ft packaging machinery factory at Bartley Green in Birmingham.
04-Mar-2013
Blue Sky Plastic Recycling has won permission to build a 26,000 sq ft factory and 21,000 sq ft storage unit in Bourne, with the creation of 30 jobs.
25-Feb-2013
Valpak has sold its Preston-based materials recycling operation to a new company called JWS Lancashire.
21-Feb-2013
Intelipac is creating 60 jobs at a new 22,000 sq ft packaging plant on the Parkhouse Industrial Estate in Staffordshire.
19-Feb-2013
Sellers Engineering has been sold out of administration to Sellers Containers, saving 67 jobs at its Oldham-based waste containers business.
18-Feb-2013
Rigid Containers is to open a new distribution centre and packaging production plant in Wellington, Somerset, this year, with the creation of 40 jobs.
13-Feb-2013
Capital Document Solutions has acquired Highland Office Equipment for undisclosed terms, including 31 staff in Inverness.
04-Feb-2013
Tradpack, the Leeds-based packaging and waste recycling group, has undergone a pre-pack administration through Wilson Field.
24-Jan-2013
Matryx is to expand the 60-strong workforce at its disposable paper products factory in Oldham with 15 new jobs over the next few months.
23-Jan-2013
JM Packaging is to invest £1m in a new office and warehouse facility in Malton this year.
21-Jan-2013
Montgomery Litho has sold its Glasgow-based printing operation out of administration to a management buy-out, saving 76 jobs.
16-Jan-2013
Ricoh UK Products is to create 40 temporary jobs at its printing operation in Telford, due to rising workload for bottling and recycled cartridges.
14-Jan-2013
Cepac has completed three acquisitions, including the DS Smith corrugated packaging plants in Darlington and Rawcliffe Bridge and the point of sale display manufacturer Screenprint Doncaster.
14-Jan-2013
LG Davis (Stationers) has acquired Fortoak, the Loughborough-based supplier of paper rolls with annual turnover of £1.3m.
09-Jan-2013
APAC Packaging is seeking permission from Charnwood Borough Council to build a £3m 52,000 sq ft florist accessories warehouse near Mountsorrel, with the creation of 50 jobs.
07-Jan-2013
SCA Hygiene Products has found an unnamed buyer for its Georgia-Pacific tissue factory in Bolton, which should secure the future of about 300 jobs.
07-Jan-2013
Paragon Print & Packaging, the packaging manufacturer with 1,100 staff at eight sites, is to be acquired by Sun European Partners.
02-Jan-2013