Tag Archives: Packaging

Research recently released by market intelligence agency, Mintel, shows that the Covid-19-inspired rise in online shopping has driven a boom in demand for UK courier and delivery services. According to Mintel, the sector will be valued at £21 billion by 2024 and, with over four in ten British consumers saying …

How Ribble’s recent investment and Right Size packaging technology are helping to alleviate the strain of national cardboard shortages. In 2020, Oldham-based packaging solutions provider Ribble Packaging successfully completed a £3.5 million investment project on time, despite the challenges presented by Covid-19. The project, which included a warehouse extension and …

A growing number of internet retailers are struggling to fulfil orders as a result of a shortage of cardboard packaging brought about by the boom in online sales during the pandemic. Jo Bradley, Business Development Manager for packaging solutions at Quadient, warns that with some paper and sheet board producers …

Meeting Heightened CPG Sustainability Demand – New automation and machinery will increase packaging capacity for North American and European markets Jabil Inc. (NYSE: JBL) has announced expansion plans for its newly acquired paper bottle technology with a $25 million investment in subsidiary Ecologic’s Manteca, California, location and the buildout of …

Constraints to business expansion, presented by manual packing, lead one international logistics business to invest in fast, fit-to-size automated packaging technology. Established in 2015, Global Freight Management Hersden Ltd is a highly successful international logistics business. Having at the outset secured the Warehousing and Logistics Contract for iconic toy and …

Investment in a new Beaverswood racksack system is improving the collection and segregation of waste at one of the UK’s leading packaging, office products and industrial equipment suppliers. RAJA UK, part of Europe’s leading packaging distributor, the RAJA Group, supplies an extensive range of packaging products and systems to markets …

Smurfit Kappa has approved transformational investment plans for its Mold plant in North Wales, that will further expand capacity at the facility, make it the largest box factory in the UK and allow the company to meet the growing demand for sustainable packaging. The investment in state-of-the-art equipment will reduce …

IRN-BRU maker AG Barr is accelerating its journey towards carbon neutrality and has announced its latest step – all of its soft drinks consumer multipacks will be wrapped in 100% recycled shrink wrap by the end of 2021. This move alone will save 400 tonnes of virgin plastic a year …

Jabil Inc. (NYSE: JBL) Has announced the acquisition of Ecologic Brands, Inc., a leading provider of sustainable packaging specialising in paper bottle and paper-based packaging solutions. Ecologic’s Manteca, California-based operation will join the JabilPackaging Solutions division, significantly enhancing Jabil’s sustainable packaging platform and offerings for consumer packaged goods (CPG) customers. …

Internet Fusion Group, a leading lifestyle e-commerce retailer with brands such as Surfdome and Country Attire, have created a sustainable packaging process that is over 99% plastic-free. Investments in two Quadient CVP-500 automated packaging machines and switching to Corrugated Fanfold material from Ribble Packaging, have aided with their pursuit of …