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packagingscotland.com | Gary Moug
ZEUS Packaging has announced an extension if its sponsorship with Cork City FC for a further two years. The agreement builds on a collaboration that started in 2022, which has seen Zeus Packaging‘s branding feature on both the men’s and women’s first-team jerseys at Cork City FC. Founded in Cork by Brian O’Sullivan in 1998, Zeus Packaging has grown from local roots to become a global specialist, employing over 1,300 people across 38 countries and generating annual revenues exceeding €500 million.
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1 week ago | 
packagingscotland.com | Gary Moug
SHELLWORKS has launched what it is calling the world’s first fully home-compostable pipette dropper. The move is tipped to ‘revolutionise’ sustainable packaging for the beauty and wellness industry. Pipette droppers used for serums, oils, and wellness products are typically constructed from fused materials including glass, rubber, and plastic.
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1 week ago | 
packagingscotland.com | Gary Moug
FLEXOGRAPHIC carton and label presses specialist Edale has appointed Lachlan Buirds as its new MD. Lachlan joined the business last year as general manager and has now been tasked with taking Edale through the next stage of its growth strategy. He succeeds James Boughton, who has moved to Canon Production Printing, Edale’s parent company, to take up the role of director of regional sales and operations development – labels & packaging.
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1 week ago | 
packagingscotland.com | Gary Moug
PUSTERLA 1880 UK has announced it has achieved EcoVadis Platinum status – the organisation’s highest recognition for sustainability performance. The rating means that the luxury packaging specialist is among the top 1% of over 150,000 companies that EcoVadis has assessed worldwide.
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1 week ago | 
packagingscotland.com | Gary Moug
ULMA Packaging UK has announced the appointment of Robert McKenna as regional sales manager for the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Robert, who joined the business earlier this month, has over two decades of experience in packaging, inspection and automation. He spent 10 years at Ash Technologies, a specialist in digital inspection systems. This was followed by six years at AIS Ltd, delivering end-of-line automation and machine vision projects.
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1 week ago | 
packagingscotland.com | Gary Moug
POLYTAG, a specialist in tagging and tracing packaging, has announced an extension of its collaboration with Biffa. Polytag’s network of plastic detection units situated in recycling centres across the country provides insights – at barcode level – on the journey of packaging through to recycling. The aim is to unlock data to drive greater efficiency and sustainability-focused decision-making in the supply chain.
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1 week ago | 
packagingscotland.com | Gary Moug
INES Hiu Wai Law of Renfrew-based Spirit Labels Ltd has been crowned Print Scotland’s Overall Apprentice of the Year at the tenth annual Scottish Print Apprentice of the Year awards. Ines, Hong Kong-born and raised in Glasgow from the age of eight, graduated from the University of Glasgow in 2022 with a masters of engineering in product design engineering. She is in the final stage of her two-year apprenticeship.
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1 week ago | 
packagingscotland.com | Gary Moug
BERLIN Packaging has announced that its net zero greenhouse gas emissions goals have been officially validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The move places the firm among a select group of companies worldwide with climate aims aligned to the 1.5°C pathway. Berlin Packaging revealed it is committed to achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions across its entire value chain by 2050.
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1 week ago | 
packagingscotland.com | Gary Moug
MEGNAJET has announced an expansion of its JetSource product range with the development of a new fluid management system, which has been designed for wider multi-printhead inkjet applications. To address the demands of OEMs and integrators for large-volume, high-duty applications, the firm explained that the new JetSource HFR features a two-litre fluid volume and an increased number of printhead inlets and outlets.
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1 week ago | 
packagingscotland.com | Gary Moug
VPK Packaging UK & Ireland has announced that its Desborough site has received BRCGS Packaging Materials certification and the ISO 14001:2015 environmental management system certification. The BRCGS Packaging Materials certification, benchmarked by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), provides a framework for producing safe packaging materials and managing product quality to meet customer requirements and legal compliance.
