Paper, Print & Packaging

Kruger Inc sells UK tissue business

Canadian pulp and paper company Kruger Inc has sold UK-based tissue manufacturer Kruger Tissue

Rexam announces CEO change

Graham Chipchase to succeed Leslie Van de Walle as Chief Executive.

Newcy Brown production to move, again

Production of Newcastle Brown Ale is set to move to Yorkshire as owners announce plans to close its brewery in Gateshead

Xerox to acquire Affiliated Computer Services

Xerox has launched a $6.4 billion takeover of Affiliated Computer Services, a move which takes it into the fields of data management and technology outsourcing.

Xerox CEO Ursula Burns (L) and ACS President and CEO Lynn Blodgett (R) discuss Xerox’s acquisition of ACS, a game-changing deal for Xerox

RockTenn Chairman in Pulp and Paper International top 50 Power List

According the RISI, RockTenn Chairman and Chief Executive Jim Rubright, is one of the 50 most powerful people in the global pulp and paper industry in 2009.

PepsiCo to buy bottlers for $7.8 billion

PepsiCo Inc agreed to buy Pepsi Bottling Group Inc and PepsiAmericas Inc in a sweetened cash-and-stock deal worth $7.8 billion, the second-largest soft drink maker said on Tuesday.

PepsiCo Inc's new marketing campaign, which includes new packaging graphics on cans shown here photographed in Encintas, California February 11, 2009. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Thousands protest over plans to axe whisky jobs

Thousands of people took to the streets of Kilmarnock yesterday to protest about the closure of Diageo's Johnnie Walker bottling plant.

Thousands protest protest about the closure of Diageo's Johnnie Walker bottling plant

Philip Morris buys Protabaco

Philip Morris International Inc. to pay $452 million to buy privately owned Protabaco, a Colombian cigarette maker.

Philip Morris International, seller of Marlboro cigarettes overseas

Pepsi Bottling beats Street despite light volume

Pepsi Bottling Group Inc reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit as price increases and stronger U.S. sales of carbonated soft drinks helped offset declining demand for pricier beverages.

Rio Tinto sells food packaging assets for $1.2 bln

Global miner Rio Tinto agreed on Monday to sell its Americas food-packaging assets for $1.2 billion to packaging group Bemis Co Inc , raising yet more much-needed cash for the indebted miner.

In this file photo Rio Tinto's Chief Executive Officer Tom Albanese (R) listens to new chairman Jan du Plessis answer a question during a news conference after the company's annual general meeting in Sydney April 20, 2009. Rio agreed on Monday to sell its Americas food-packaging assets for $1.2 billion to packaging group Bemis Co Inc, raising yet more much-needed cash for the indebted miner. .....

Pollard continues expansion

Pollard Boxes has expanded its Leicester-based luxury packaging manufacturing business with the acquisition of Crusader Foil Blockers.

Charisma Colour Print set for liquidation

Charisma Colour Print is expected to go into liquidation with the loss of about 20 jobs at its Sheffield-based printing business.

Diageo job cuts

Drinks giant Diageo has announced plans to cut up to 900 jobs as it overhauls its operations in Scotland.

Recession to end sooner than forecast

Britain will pull out of recession earlier than previously forecast but a sustained recovery is not assured, the Confederation of British Industry said on Monday.

The skyline of the financial district of the City of London is seen behind workers crossing Waterloo Bridge during the evening rush-hour in central London October 16, 2008. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Pepsi Bottling raises Q2, FY '09 earnings view

Pepsi Bottling Group raised its second-quarter earnings view by five cents, helped by a growing demand for soft drinks in the US and lower commodity prices

PepsiAmericas snubs buyout

PepsiAmericas has become the second Pepsi bottler to reject a buyout from the world's second-biggest manufacturer of soft drinks, PepsiCo.

Xerox flips to quarterly profit

Xerox Corp flipped to a profit in the first quarter, but the leading provider of digital printers and document management services forecast a second-quarter profit weaker than analysts' views and cut its full year earnings outlook nearly in half.

PepsiCo to acquire bottlers

PepsiCo, the world's second-largest soft drinks manufacturer, aims to take control of its two largest bottlers, PBG and Pepsi Americas, in a deal worth $6 billion.

Jackson Paper invests in new equipment

Jackson Paper Manufacturing invests $1.85 million to upgrade its recycled paper manufacturing facility in Sylva.

PBG to buy Better Beverages

The Pepsi Bottling Group (PBG) announces plan to acquire Texas bottler Better Beverages.

Xerox warns profit will fall short

Xerox Corp , the world's top supplier of digital printer and document management services, warned first-quarter earnings will fall far short of its earlier forecast as a slowdown in technology spending undercuts revenue.

Cascades posts better-than-expected Q4 profit

(Reuters) - Packaging and paper-products company Cascades Inc reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit, helped by higher selling prices, lower raw material and energy costs, and the depreciation of the Canadian dollar.

Transcontinental slashes 1,500 jobs to cut costs

Commercial printer Transcontinental Inc is slashing 1,500 jobs -- or about 10 percent of its workforce -- as a "rapid deterioration" of the economy forces its customers to cut back on marketing spending, it said on Wednesday.

Smurfit Kappa posts €11m loss

Leading Irish packaging manufacturer Smurfit Kappa has announced a 29 percent dive in fourth quarter profits.

Australia's Amcor eyes part of Rio packaging unit

Australian packaging firm Amcor Ltd is in talks to acquire part of Rio Tinto Ltd's Alcan packaging unit, the third suitor for Rio assets to emerge this week as the miner looks to pay off debt.

Smurfit-Stone files for chapter 11 bankruptcy

(Reuters) - Smurfit-Stone Container Corp , a major corrugated packaging maker, said its U.S. and Canadian operations filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to restructure its debt.