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Mainetti snaps up Belgian luxury packaging supplier CenturyBox Group

Mainetti Group is integrating CenturyBox into its Structural Packaging division to boost its capabilities in Northern Europe. Rebranded as CenturyBox Mainetti, the new unit is headed up by CenturyBox CEO Igor Fromont.M&A activity in the...

Interview

“Beauty packaging has reached a turning point,” says François Luscan

In an excerpt from Formes de Luxe’s upcoming Winter issue, we spoke with packaging industry veteran and former CEO at Albéa, François Luscan. He reflects on his career, where the beauty packaging market is headed and the importance of...

Alliance Etiquettes acquires Italian label printer Tonutti Tecniche Grafiche

France’s Alliance Etiquettes has purchased Italian label printer Tonutti Tecniche Grafiche. The transaction will enable it to develop in the wine and Prosecco production regions in northern Italy.Marking its tenth acquisition since 2015,...

GPA Global builds on nearshoring capabilities with Jenco Productions acquisition

Luxury packaging specialist GPA Global is continuing its acquisition spree, snapping up family-owned rigid box manufacturer Jenco Productions. The purchase builds on GPA’s North American footprint and gives it a presence in Mexico.After...

Inside Verallia’s large-format and custom Champagne bottle production site

The glassmaker produced 8,000 bottles this year during the month-long production run dedicated to 9-liter, 12-liter and 15 liter formats. Luxe Packaging Insight got an inside look at the annual manufacturing process.Each year in a month-long...

Advertorial

HP: Opening a world of possibilities

Christophe Gramfort, Country Manager France at HP, talks to Luxe Packaging Insight about recent partnerships and the company’s new digital presses for labels and packaging, which are opening up a whole new world of possibilities for a...

How Guala Closures' future UK site fits with its premiumization strategy

Italy’s Guala Closures Group has been given planning approval to build a new 20,500m2 plant in Gartcosh, Scotland. The facility, set to debut operations from January 2024, will exclusively serve the whisky closures market.Italian closures...

Steklarna Hrastnik to buy Serbian glassworks SFS Paracin

With Serbian glassmaker SFS Paracin slated to join its portfolio early next year, Steklarna Hrastnik is moving ahead with its strategy of focusing production at its Slovenian headquarters on premium glass packaging.Slovenian glassmaker...

Quadpack opens decoration facility in Germany, reveals further investments

Representing an investment of €1m, a new 900m2 decoration center at Quadpack’s Kierspe plant in Germany enables the beauty packaging supplier to bring two previously outsourced activies, silkscreening and hot-stamping,...

Van Genechten signs JV with CartonCare Group

Reinforcing its presence in the UK market, Belgian packaging group Van Genechten has inked a 50/50 joint venture with UK-based paper packaging supplier CartonCare.A joint venture was announced this week between Van Genechten and CartonCare,...