Packaging And Design

Smurfit Kappa To 'Vigorously Appeal' Italian Watchdog Charge

Smurfit Kappa Group confirmed yesterday (Tuesday, 6 August) that the Italian Competition Authority (ICA) has levied a fine of €124 million on the grou...

Ardagh Announces Poor Q2 Results, Appoints Former KPMG Partner

Irish-headquartered metal and glass packager, Ardagh Group, posted a 3% drop in revenue, to $2,268 million, in the second quarter of its 2019 fiscal year c...

Ardagh Group Agrees 10-Year Supplier Agreement With Absolut Company

The Ardagh Group has signed a 10-year agreement with the Absolut Company, owned by Pernod Ricard, which will see the metal and glass packager supply drinks...

Smurfit Kappa Opens New Recycling Plant In Tuscan Region, Italy

Smurfit Kappa has opened a new recycling plant in the Tuscan region of Italy, strengthening its recovered paper service in the region. The new Marlia pl...

Ardagh Group Partners With Aluminium Maker To Form Trivium Packaging

Irish-based metal and glass packager, Ardagh Group, has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Exal Corporation to form a new metal packaging...

G20 Plastic Trash Reduction Goal Doesn't Address 'Excessive' Production

Activists welcomed a goal set by the Group of 20 major economies' to reduce additional plastic trash leaking into the ocean to zero by 2050, but said it av...

Resilient Business Model And M&A Activity Drive Smurfit Kappa Growth

A year filled with mergers and acquisitions has seen revenues increase by 4% for Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG) in the first half of 2019, as the group praised...

Ardagh Group Adds Copper Option To Coloured Tabs & Shell Portfolio

Irish-headquartered metal and glass packager, Ardagh Group, has announced a new addition to its Coloured Tab and Shell portfolio. The Ardagh, which post...