Packaging Solutions The London Packaging Week Innovation Awards has extended its entry deadline to 11 May 2026, giving brands, designers, manufacturers and suppliers additional time to submit work that is redefining packaging across global markets. The extension comes amid continued demand from globally recognised brands, with leading luxury names such as Prada, Miu Miu, Lancôme, Dom Pérignon, and Boodles among this year’s entrants. They are joined by major global players

Packaging Solutions Creation Reprographics has announced the appointment of Phil Brown as its new operations director, marking a significant step in the company’s continued growth. Phil brings with him extensive experience across the print, pre-press and production sectors, having held senior operational and leadership roles where he has consistently delivered improvements in efficiency, service quality and team performance. His track record of streamlining workflows, imple

Print Solutions Over a quarter of UK businesses (27%) say they currently find it difficult to pay their energy bills, while over half (52%) report utility costs as a price pressure on their business. Now, business energy experts at Uswitch analysed data to uncover the office equipment adding the most to business energy bills. The analysis used power ratings for common office equipment against typical working week patterns to estimate average annual running costs across diff

Print Solutions Packaging Solutions A new guide from Made Smarter is helping manufacturers cut through the noise around artificial intelligence and focus on what actually works on the factory floor. AI Adoption in Manufacturing: A Practical Toolkit from Made Smarter has been developed to support SME leaders navigating one of the most significant technological shifts in decades. While awareness of AI is high, many manufacturers remain unsure where to start, how to manage

Print Solutions Taktiful has officially launched Reaktor, a new 3D virtual soft proofing platform aimed squarely at one of print’s biggest sales problems: premium embellishments are still too often being sold with flat PDFs, verbal explanations, and slow physical proofs. Reaktor is built to change that. Designed for printers, sales teams, and designers working with embellished print, Reaktor transforms static files into realistic digital previews of foils, varnishes, textu

Print Solutions UPM announced in December 2025 the conclusion of a non binding letter of intent to form a graphic paper joint venture with Sappi. The proposed transaction is subject to merger control approval from the European Commission and authorities in other jurisdictions such as the US and China. On April 28, 2026, the European Commission announced the opening of a Phase II investigation, which is a normal step in the commission’s merger review process in cases where i

Packaging Solutions ePS (eProductivity Software) has announced the launch of CommandCore, its unified operational platform designed specifically for packaging manufacturers, addressing long standing industry challenges stemming from fragmented systems across production, planning, quality, and sustainability operations. Packaging manufacturers today typically operate critical functions, from ERP and manufacturing execution to quality, scheduling, and sustainability, across d

Print Solutions Koehler Paper’s top quality specialty paper is used not only for trading cards, but also for playing cards in nearly every casino in the world. And by significantly expanding its production capacity, it is now laying the foundation for its next development stage and sending a clear message of long term growth, innovative capacity, and global competitiveness. The decision to expand the company’s playing card board production capacities is the result of close

Print Solutions Packaging Solutions An interactive, thought provoking event, taking place on 19 May 2026 at London's Guildhall, will focus on ‘The Implementation Imperative: How to Embed Inclusion and Belonging’. This forward thinking event is designed for professionals across all industries providing practical insights and actionable strategies to drive meaningful impact on diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging within your own organisation. Keynotes come from exper