A consortium of nine manufacturing and logistics firms is looking to challenge Asian manufacturing by offering European customers manufacturing, packaging, supply chain management and delivery services of hi-tech products.
Wet glue label specialist James Townsend and Sons is examining new business opportunities after its Kocher and Beck (K&B) inline offset cutting (IOC) system helped reduce turnaround times.
Greiner Packaging has invested £1.6m in water treatment and air compressors at its Northern Ireland facility that it said would help reduce its annual energy bill by 40-60%.
A Northern Ireland film and disposable packaging manufacturer is targeting growth in polythene bags and sheets with a £360,000 investment in equipment.
Equipment manufacturer Domino will launch its first full-colour digital label press at this year's Ipex show after creating its Digital Printing Solutions division in a recent restructure.