BCMPA highlights how outsourcing provides the ‘magic ingredient’ for brands at London Packaging Week 2026
Packaging Solutions The BCMPA, the association for contract manufacturing, packing, fulfilment and logistics, will show how specialist outsourcing partners bring a ‘touch of magic’ to turn promising ideas into practical, scalable and market ready products when it returns to London Packaging Week at Excel London on 16 and 17 September 2026. Visitors to stand A64 will be able to meet the BCMPA team and learn how its members support businesses ranging from start ups and challe
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Zebra Print Group celebrates decade long partnership with Connect Flooring
Print Solutions Leeds based Zebra Print Group is celebrating a decade of working with commercial flooring specialist, Connect Flooring, marking a long standing partnership built on quality, reliability and trusted service. Over the past 10 years, Zebra Print Group has produced a wide range of printed materials for the flooring company, supporting its sales and marketing activity with everything from sample tiles and point of sale materials to branded marketing collateral.
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ABG Girona marks new chapter with flexible packaging centre of excellence
Packaging Solutions A B Graphic International (ABG) has announced the next stage in the development of its Girona operation, with Enprom Solutions becoming ABG Girona and taking on a strategic role as the group’s centre of excellence for flexible packaging. The rebrand marks a significant step in the Girona business's evolution following its acquisition by ABG and Kocher+Beck in 2019. As shareholders, both companies have continued to support its development, bringing the te
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Enfocus partners with PDFix to bring its PDFix Make Accessible app to the Enfocus Appstore
Print Solutions Pre-press software expert Enfocus has partnered with PDFix to bring its PDFix Make Accessible app to the Enfocus Appstore. The integration combines Enfocus Switch’s advanced workflow orchestration with PDFix’s PDF accessibility remediation engine, enabling print and document workflows to automatically convert incoming PDF jobs into tagged, accessible, PDF/UA ready output, with no manual handling required. PDFix Make Accessible is designed to make it easier
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Roland DG launches the TrueVis AG-640, redefining latex print quality, versatility and productivity
Print Solutions Roland DG has announced the launch of the TrueVis AG-640, a next generation 64 inch latex printer/cutter that expands what is possible with latex printing. Combining low running costs, high output quality, expanded colours, dense white ink, and integrated contour cutting, the AG-640 helps print professionals move beyond traditional latex limits to take on more profitable work with confidence. As demand grows for high quality, fast turnaround print applicatio
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Xerox enters strategic partnership with Flint Group Digital Xeikon to expand production print portfolio
Print Solutions Xerox has announced a strategic partnership with Flint Group Digital Xeikon to broaden its production print portfolio, strengthen its position in high growth segments, and create new opportunities in digital packaging, labels, and commercial print applications. As part of the agreement, Xerox will integrate Flint Group Digital Xeikon technology into its production print portfolio, combining fast, cost effective, high quality colour presses with the Xerox Pro
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PackUK delivers critical EPR updates at London Packaging Week 2026
Packaging Solutions PackUK, the official scheme administrator for the UK’s Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (p EPR) programme, is to deliver critical updates for everyone in the packaging supply chain in two separate sessions during London Packaging Week 2026. On both days of London Packaging Week 2026, the latest pEPR updates will be addressed by PackUK and UK Packaging PRO, the recently appointed official Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO). These ses
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Fujifilm Device Technology partners with Burke Systems & Solutions to strengthen presence in Northern Ireland
Print Solutions Fujifilm Europe has announced a new partnership with Burke Systems & Solutions, the Belfast based office print and technology provider, which will add Fujifilm’s Apeos range of multifunction printers (MFPs) to its managed print portfolio. Burke Systems will offer Fujifilm’s Apeos range, from the C2060 model to the C7070, and from October the new Apeos C3567 and C3061 range, to customers across multiple sectors, including education, healthcare, public sector,
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Stationers’ Company Liveryman celebrates 600 years of stationery in landmark book
Print Solutions Christopher Leonard-Morgan’s ‘Stationery Icons’ brings together 100 brands and makers, with contributions from the Stationers’ Company and a foreword by Theo Paphitis. Stationery Icons, a richly illustrated, 304 page hardback by Christopher Leonard-Morgan, celebrates the people, ideas and businesses behind the tools we use to write, draw, work and create. Published by Narrative Media and available as a limited first edition, the book traces 600 years of st
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Metsä Board Kemi strengthens product quality and supply chain reliability with investment in finishing operations
Packaging Solutions Metsä Board is investing in the finishing operations at its Kemi mill by modernising the board machine winder. The investment will be implemented during the annual maintenance shutdown in October to November 2026. The investment further strengthens Kemi’s position as a world leading supplier of coated white top kraftliners by improving product quality, supply chain reliability and production efficiency. ‘This winder modernisation strengthens our fini
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Heidelberg invests in training
Print Solutions With the start of the new training year on September 1, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen is welcoming 80 new apprentices and dual track students across Germany. The challenging training programme supports strategic growth in the core business’s high growth areas, namely, packaging and digital printing, as well as the development of new business units within Heidelberg Advanced Technologies. These units target exciting future markets such as security, energy, electr
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Werit and Salford City Council give young people first hand insight into manufacturing careers
Print Solutions Five young people from Salford have gained first hand experience of a working factory, as part of an initiative helping 16 to 24 year olds develop skills and explore routes into manufacturing employment. Werit UK, an industrial packaging manufacturer, welcomed the young people to its Greater Manchester operation following their participation in a five week manufacturing course through Salford City Council's Build Salford programme. This traineeship is desi
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Hybrid Software Helix introduces SmartDFE Version 6, bringing GPU native technology to the digital front end
Print Solutions Hybrid Software Helix, a leading developer of core technologies for industrial inkjet printing, has announces SmartDFE Version 6, a major new release of its digital front end platform for high speed digital presses. Version 6 introduces GPU native technologies alongside significant enhancements to colour management, automation and operator workflows, laying the foundations for the next generation of digital front ends. Visitors to Loupe Americas, from Septembe
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MM Packaging Ibérica achieves EcoVadis Platinum
Green Solutions Packaging Solutions MM Packaging has announced its Ibérica facility in Spain has been awarded the EcoVadis Platinum placing it among the top 1% of more than 150,000 companies assessed worldwide The Spanish site excelled in its environmental policy, achieving a score of 94 out of a possible 100 for its commitment to addressing industry specific sustainability issues. The report highlighted that the facility had made significant progress in reducing its Scope
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The 2026 festival season generates enough single use packaging to fill more than 500 double decker buses
Green Solutions Packaging Solutions As festival goers head to some of the season's biggest events this bank holiday weekend, from Reading and Leeds to Creamfields and Notting Hill Carnival, new research reveals the sheer volume of single use plastic left behind across a UK festival season. Across UK festivals each year, more than 105 million single use packaging items are discarded including takeaway boxes, coffee cups, and plastic bottles. Together, that packaging would f
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Fuji Seal to tackle packaging’s competing demands at London Packaging Week 2026
Packaging Solutions Fuji Seal will exhibit a range of packaging and labelling technologies at London Packaging Week 2026 (16 to 17 September), demonstrating how brands can address growing demands for premium packaging performance, sustainability and operational efficiency across multiple packaging formats. Visitors to stand F34 will be able to explore Fuji Seal's portfolio of shrink sleeve labels, pressure sensitive labels, flexible packaging solutions and application machi
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Progress on increasing recycled content in plastic packaging stagnating
Green Solutions Packaging Solutions Progress on increasing recycled content in plastic packaging is stagnating with more than a third still failing to contain even 30% recycled plastic. HMRC data on Plastic Packaging Tax revenue states that of the total tonnage of plastic packaging manufactured in and imported into the UK, 37% was declared as taxable under PPT (2024 / 2025: 38%). Of the remaining 63% of plastic packaging tonnage manufactured in and imported into the UK,
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FINAT Label Competition evolves for 2027 – registration opens early
Packaging Solutions For more than 45 years, the FINAT Label Competition has celebrated the very best in self-adhesive labels, recognising outstanding achievements in design, printing, converting and innovation. Today, it is regarded as one of the label industry’s most prestigious international competitions, showcasing the creativity, craftsmanship and technical excellence that continue to drive the industry forward. As the label and narrow web converting industry continues
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Inside the Trailblazer experience: What happens when emerging talent gets recognised
Packaging Solutions Different routes into packaging. Different disciplines. Different ideas about where the industry needs to go next. Five members of the Future Trailblazer Class of 2026 reflect on the work that earned them recognition, what winning gave them and why the next generation should put themselves forward. There is no obvious route to becoming a packaging Trailblazer. Jordan Scott fell into the industry ‘completely by mistake’. Jess Morgan-Butler found it thro
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Herma Labels expands its linerless range
Print Solutions Packaging Solutions With the European Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) coming into force, Herma’s Labels division is expanding its range with the new Linerless Plus, offering a linerless – and therefore resource efficient – labelling solution for logistics, dispatch or other industrial applications. Alongside the silicone free Herma InNo-Liner for automated print and apply applications, a classic linerless solution is now available that is suitable both fo
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Girls Who Print releases 2026 Industry Insights report revealing what women across the global print industry are saying
Print Solutions Girls Who Print has released its 2026 Industry Insights Report, examining the experiences, priorities, and perspectives of women working across the global print and graphic communications industry. The report draws on 210 responses to the 2025 to 2026 Girls Who Print Survey and recurring themes identified across 242 Girls Who Print Mentorship programme applications, providing a deeper understanding of the opportunities, challenges, and career priorities shapi
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