December 2015

SPECIAL REPORT

Turkey eyes major growth in Europe All the news from the Eurasia Packaging Fair 2015 PAGE 16 ANALYSIS

Issues debated at debut conference Packaging News Live examined the industry’s hot topics PAGE 9 BUYERS’ GUIDE Responsible strategy pays off for cosmetics PN examines how cosmetics packs are still looking good while factoring in sustainability PAGE 28 Blister packs come QUOTE OF THE MONTH under kit spotlight We answer the questions from One day the economy is buyers in the market PAGE 24

hawkish, the next dovish READ THE LATEST HEADLINES AT Kite Packaging’s Ashe on the economy PAGE 20 WWW.PACKAGINGNEWS.CO.UK Plus... Packaging in 2016 in this issue, jobs and services from page 65

01_Cover_PKN_1215 pc WQ.indd 1 01/12/2015 13:18:46 News PackagingNews Nestlé in push Editorial Editor to reduce its Philip Chadwick 020 8253 8646 Flint adds digital [email protected] packaging News Editor Nestlé is experimenting with Waqas Qureshi 8644 degradation factors on chocolate Content Editor bars to reduce packaging. Tony Corbin 8659 with Xeikon buy The company has had 700 bars of chocolate placed side- Design/production executive by Waqas Qureshi tion, developing markets and by-side in a sealed room in a Julian Cresswell 8668 Flint Group has acquired digital portfolio expansion. Swiss laboratory wrapped in Send press releases to: print technology firm Xeikon, for Fady said: “Xeikon have a transparent packaging. They are [email protected] an undisclosed fee. proven history of delivering attached to sensors and exposed Contributors Joanne Hunter, Des With headquarters in exceptional value through high- to light for 24 hours a day. King, Stewart Moore, Lynda Searby Luxembourg, Flint works in the quality, high-productivity, inno- The team painstakingly global and packaging vative and sustainable solutions wrapped each of the 700 indi- Advertising industry, manufacturing a portfo- for their customers, which fits vidual chocolate bars in different Commercial Manager lio of printing consumables, Xeikon will be the foundation for seamlessly with our own long- packaging materials with vary- Bill Sherry 8623 including inks and for Flint Group’s new division term vision for our business.” ing properties. Throughout the Assistant Advertising Manager most offset, flexographic and Wim Maes, chief executive of experiment, the chocolate is con- Michelle Legrand 8647 gravure applications. 20% global market share of the Xeikon, will become president of tinuously exposed to light at the Solutions/Classified/ Xeikon designs and develops digital print equipment market, Flint Group’s Digital Printing same intensity. Where To Buy Sales Executive high-end digital colour presses second to digital giant HP. Solutions division, reporting to “In normal circumstances Jamie Helyer 8661 and consumables for the global The new division is aimed at Antoine Fady. He said the deal the product would never be commercial, document, and broadening Flint’s conventional will help accelerate business subjected to this much bright- Digital and Recruitment specialist packaging markets. and digital printing solutions, growth. ness,” said lead scientist Natalie Packham 8702 The company has been invest- offering equipment, consuma- He added: “This next chapter Robert Witik. “This is an accel- Publisher ing resources in various parts of bles and services. in our more than 20-year exist- erated situation.” Josh Brooks 8657 the world, notably in Asia, and Antoine Fady, chief executive ence opens many opportunities Nestlé hopes that the findings [email protected] will now form the foundation of of Flint Group, said the deal rep- for Xeikon as a company, as well should enable the company to a newly created division to be resents an excellent opportunity as for our customers, employees, calculate how much oxygen UK Packaging Awards & called Flint Group Digital to propel into the digital print partners and stakeholders.” chocolate will consume when Luxury Packaging Awards Printing Solutions. market, with a focus on driving The transaction should be packed in a given material under Event Manager Xeikon currently has around growth through product innova- completed by the end of the year. specific conditions. Heather Austin-Olsen 8607 Published by Metropolis Business Media, 6th Floor, Davis House, THE BIG QUESTION 2 Robert Street, Croydon, Surrey, CR0 1QQ Publishing director What were the highlights of 2015? Nick Stimpson Printed by From mergers and acquisitions to and the plastic carrier charge – 2015 Headley Brothers, Ashford, Kent was certainly an eventful year. Some industry experts share their thoughts with Packaging News Subscriptions Jason Short, Matthew Tony Foster, Barry Sheehan, Circulation enquiries managing Kensall, sales and associate 020 8950 9117 director, packaging marketing partner, UK £95/year Qualvis Print development director, Livingstone EU £140/year and Packaging manager, DS Smith UK Partners Rest of the world £150/year As a Sun Branding Packaging The trend Single copy rate £12 manufacturer, Solutions Division of market ISSN 0030-9133 the industry has largely Change is ongoing in packaging The real highlight of 2015 was consolidation continued to remained buoyant throughout and 2015 has been no the breakthrough in digital characterise the UK packaging the year and we continue to exception. Two notable tipping PrePrint. For DS Smith this sector in 2015 as strategic mirror that trend. Specifically, points are the introduction means quicker products to acquirers remained committed we have seen a move towards of the 5p charge, market, very flexible print to M&A as a means to increase tactile finishes, featuring soft and the passing of legislation run lengths and the ability to market share and achieve scale touch and glitter to standardise cigarette customise batches to support as well as acquire technical varnishes. These high-end packaging. The plastic bag brand, marketing and regional know-how. Reacting to changing finishes have also been used charge is arguably the most initiatives. Commentators again consumer/market trends to good effect on the more palpable grass roots indication predict record E-retail growth. is often the root of success general with that sustainability is increasingly The demand for variable data for mid-market packaging finishes, such as drip-off high on the public agenda. on home-delivery packs will companies, many of whom have varnish, used on standard food Plain tobacco packaging will also grow and I believe that the carved out profitable niches in lines. We have produced some be implemented in 2016, and agility that comes with digital their chosen market segments. very exciting packaging for a its demonisation could be an PrePrint will make it an ideal Acquiring this technical range of new accounts that we arbiter of what’s to come in soft vehicle to take retail theatre capability remained a key driver look forward to showcasing. drinks and certain foods. into the home. underpinning M&A activity.

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ACE and OPRL Beatson Clark combine to invests £800k boost scheme Americk snaps up in new system The Alliance for Beverage Beatson Clark has invested and the Environment £840,000 in a new sys- (ACE) UK has become joint tem at Rotherham. owner of OPRL, which runs the Adare Advantage The manufacturer holds UK’s on-pack recycling label the contract to manage the scheme. by Philip Chadwick town’s recycling collections. ACE UK represents beverage Americk Packaging has snapped The plant receives 6,240 carton manufacturers Tetra Pak, up the packaging division of the tonnes of mixed material from Elopak and SIG Combibloc, and Adare Group, Adare Advantage. the council every year, of which joins current owners the British The division of Adare, based 4,734 tonnes is glass. Retail Consortium (BRC), the in Havehill, Suffolk, has estab- Beatson Clark installed a new trade association for the retail lished itself as a and flexi- automated recycling system sector. bles printer and has diversified which will make recycling much Richard Hands, chief execu- into artwork services and secu- faster and allow it to process tive of ACE UK, said the move rity labelling. more cullet (waste glass) for its was intended to help boost recy- It will now be branded furnaces. The new plant pro- cling. “We believe that simple Americk Advantage. The busi- Americk: Acquires Adare Group’s packaging division cesses six tonnes of materials per easy to understand on-pack ness has 110 production, sales hour - compared to 3.5 tonnes recycling information is vital in and office staff. Livingstone’s Packaging. The core strengths of “This is a tremendous opportu- previously. helping consumers to recycle Industrial sector team advised the business and its successful nity for our business, staff and The original system involved more. To this end we have the shareholders of the Adare track record of year-on-year customers. With the backing of manual sorting, but the new sys- worked closely with OPRL for Group, including investor growth is a credit to the manage- Americk Packaging our vision to tem has an optical sorting several years, including devel- Endless, on the sale of division. ment team, all of whom will con- develop innovative solutions machine which uses light and oping the special beverage car- Americk is a provider of carton, tinue to run the business. The and meet the demands of the cameras to sort glass of different ton recycling label which label and flexible packaging in diverse product portfolio will industry is a mouth-watering colours and identify ceramics, reflects the wide availability of the UK and Ireland. complement our group strategy prospect.” stones and porcelain which can local authority collection ser- Patrick Doran, chief execu- to offer market-leading supply Patrick Groarke, partner at cause defects in the glass and vices for cartons . tive of Americk Packaging, said: of a wide range of packaging Livingstone said: “Adare damage the furnace if they’re not “Clear information and lead- “The acquisition of Adare solutions.” Advantage is an impressive removed. All the glass recycled ership is required to achieve our Advantage will add a new Americk Advantage manag- business with a successful track at Beatson Clark is used to make common aims.” dimension to Americk ing director David Mills added: record of growth.” new and . WRAP calls for food overhaul WRAP is calling for an overhaul Commitment 2025 will play a in the way food is manufactured, leading role in bringing together Glossop buys Contact to sold and consumed. the whole food system, helping Its new report outlines the to safeguard the UK’s food sup- risks to the UK food system over ply and respond to consumer’s strengthen carton work the next decade, and urges a changing needs over the next “business unusual” approach to decade. by Tony Corbin stronger position to offer unique all aspects of food, including Liz Goodwin, WRAP chief Glossop Cartons has acquired products and unparalleled pro- packaging and recycling. executive, said: “In the next 10 Stockport-based Contact Print duction capabilities. The ‘Food Futures’ report, years we will be faced with chal- and Packaging. “Contact Print and Packaging assesses 15 topics in the UK food lenges around feeding a growing The deal, which was officially has BRC and Pharmaceutical system from farm to fork and population and nutritional secu- completed last month, will see accreditation along with ISO outlines recommendations for rity. Our ‘Food Futures’ report the manufacturer of cartonboard 9001 and Glossop Cartons has actions by the industry and the highlights how governments, packaging move from its current ISO 9001, 14001 and 18001. government. businesses and we, as consum- site in Padfield, Derbyshire to Together, we’ll have the required Some of the risks and oppor- ers, can turn these challenges Contact Print and Packaging’s standards to produce packaging tunities identified in the report into opportunities.” facility in Stockport, Cheshire, for all sectors with confidence include societal challenges like Goodwin further added: by the end of 2015. and with the ethical standards to reducing food waste or tackling “We’ve gone from a non-recy- Glossop said it will enjoy back up our manufacturing pro- diet-related ill health. cling nation to a nation at one improved transport links and Glossop Cartons’ sales director cesses going forward.” “By capitalising on the three with recycling, and we’ve benefit from much larger prem- Jacky Sidebottom-Every The deal was backed by trends and embedding the rec- reduced household food waste ises with a superior layout, Lloyds Bank Commercial ommendations from the ‘Food by 21% over a five-year period.” allowing the business to fully- said Contact Print’s reputation Banking, which provided a loan Futures’ report, the industry can She pointed out WRAP’s exploit both its conventional and was well-regarded and its new to support the purchase of take a business unusual behaviour change campaign digital packaging capabilities to production facilities are well Contact Print and Packaging’s approach to the challenges and Love Food Hate Waste and its UK and global brands. All recognised by its clients within premises. The bank also pro- become more flexible, intelli- voluntary agreement the employees of Glossop Cartons the food, pharmaceutical, bever- vided an asset finance facility to gent and transparent, ‘FIT’, to Courtauld Commitment. will be relocated, if agreeable, age and gifting sectors. enable Glossop Cartons to pur- meet the 21st century demands,” The report proposes the and remain with the company. “The move will allow Glossop chase the printing machinery. read the report. creation of a 21st century supply Glossop Cartons sales direc- to significantly enhance our digi- Contact Print and Packaging WRAP’s Courtauld chain that is fit for the future. tor Jacky Sidebottom-Every tal suite and ensure that we’re in a employs 54 people.

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