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Duflex Contract Packaging of Castle Donington is to cease trading with the loss of 30 jobs. 24-Dec-2007 Loudwater has sold the assets of its Milton Keynes-based greetings card business out of administration to a new company called Immerse Group, saving 18 of the 79 jobs. 14-Dec-2007 Envases has secured funding from Royal Bank of Scotland and the Welsh Assembly to invest £6m in the expansion of its aluminium packaging factory in Port Talbot. 05-Dec-2007 Palm Paper has secured planning permission to build a £330m newsprint paper plant in King's Lynn by summer 2009, with the creation of 150 jobs. 22-Nov-2007 Nampak Plastics is planning to set up a multi-million pound plastic bottle recycling plant at an undisclosed site in the north east of England by the end of 2008. 22-Nov-2007 Ahlstrom is to create about 30 jobs at a new £19m tea bag fibres production plant being built at its Chirnside site in the Borders. 21-Nov-2007 Bradman Lake is to relocate its packaging machinery business from the newly-opened site in Norwich to Beccles with the loss of some of the 180 jobs, following a strategic review by new owner Langley Holdings. 21-Nov-2007 Shalam Packaging is seeking permission to set up a plastic packaging factory in Bedale, North Yorkshire, with the creation of up to 56 jobs. 13-Nov-2007 Media & Print Investments is planning to close The Friary Press in Dorchester and relocate about 100 jobs to the Butler & Tanner book printing site in Frome by the end of the year. 05-Nov-2007 Georgia Pacific is to shed 106 of the 359 jobs at its paper factory in Sheffield, in order to close the manufacturing operation and focus on the converting unit. 01-Nov-2007 Rigid Containers is to expand its packaging and logistics warehouse in Selby by 50,000 sq ft by next spring, with the creation of 15 jobs. 26-Oct-2007 AlphaGraphics North-East has announced a £4m investment programme at its main printing plant in Stockton, including new equipment and the creation of about 20 jobs over the next two years. 25-Oct-2007 Presspart Manufacturing is to shed 55 of the 200 jobs at its metal packaging components factory in Blackburn. 23-Oct-2007 Amcor Flexibles is to close its food packaging factory in Ilkeston with the loss of up to 140 jobs, in order to transfer the work to its site in Evesham. 09-Oct-2007 RPC Beaute has confirmed plans to close its cosmetics packaging factory in Thornaby over the next few weeks, with the loss of 160 jobs. 05-Oct-2007 Wilsanco Plastics is investing £2.5m in a new warehouse for its rigid packaging business at Dungannon in Northern Ireland. 30-Aug-2007 RPC Containers is to close its plastic packaging factory in Hereford early next year, with the loss of 150 jobs. 23-Aug-2007 Mister Blister has secured £1.2m from RBS Commercial Banking to fund the expansion of its Manchester-based tamper-resistant packaging business. 15-Aug-2007 RR Donnelley is to shed 110 jobs at its printing plant in Flaxby Moor, Yorkshire. 02-Aug-2007 Impress Metal Packaging is to conduct a review of operations at its metal cans factory in Norwich, which is expected to lead to the loss of some of the 295 jobs. 30-Jul-2007 Clegg Construction has won a £4.5m contract to build an aerosols factory for Coster Special Technology at Barlborough near Chesterfield. 23-Jul-2007 RPC is considering plans to close its two cosmetics packaging factories on Teesside with the loss of 160 jobs, in order to transfer production to mainland Europe. 06-Jul-2007 Mercury Packaging is planning to expand its 30-strong workforce at Kirkby-in-Ashfield with 15 new staff, following a £1.2m investment in a new printing press. 03-Jul-2007 Bradman Lake is to shed 29 of the 90 jobs at its Europack packaging machinery business in Beccles, in preparation for its relocation to a new site near Norwich in July. 26-Jun-2007 Waverley TBS is to close its drinks packaging plant in Gateshead in August with the loss of up to 63 jobs, in order to transfer the work to Kingsland Wines & Spirits in Manchester. 18-Jun-2007 McLaren Packaging is planning to build a new cardboard whisky packaging factory at its site in Inverclyde over the next two years, increasing its workforce from 53 to 100. 18-Jun-2007 Voith Paper Fabrics has confirmed plans to close the press plant at its paper processing factory in Blackburn, with the loss of 165 jobs. 07-Jun-2007 Anglo American is considering plans for a £3bn flotation of its Mondi paper and packaging business, which has 35,000 staff in 35 countries, in order to focus on mining. 28-May-2007 Field Boxmore is to shed up to 18 of the 140 jobs at its pharmaceutical packaging factory in Newtownabbey. 25-May-2007 Polestar Varnicoat is to shed 33 of the 550 jobs at its printing operation at Pershore in Worcestershire. 24-May-2007 Bath Press is to close its printing operations in Bath and Glasgow with the loss of 246 jobs, but 20% of the workforce will be offered employment at other parts of the CPI group. 21-May-2007 Palm Paper is planning to build a £300m newsprint paper mill in King's Lynn by 2009, with the creation of 150 jobs. 18-May-2007 Scott Timber Group has acquired a majority stake in European Logistics Management, and plans to expand the 25-strong workforce at the Swadlincote-based pallet and packaging recovery service. 15-May-2007 Burall Floraprint is to close its printing office in Wisbech in June with the loss of up to 23 jobs, in order to transfer the work to its new site in Colchester. 10-May-2007 VLM UK is to create 33 new jobs in Birmingham, having won a contract to print the new home information packs for house sales. 09-May-2007 Highland Printers is to close its printing business in Inverness and transfer 25 jobs to sister company Nevisprint in Fort William. 08-May-2007 Linpac Plastics is to close its clingfilm factory in Sedgefield, County Durham, next month, with the loss of 50 jobs. 07-May-2007 Wyndeham is to shed up to 30 jobs at its Impact printing plant in Basingstoke, in order to focus the site on printing high-quality covers and magazine supplements. 04-May-2007 Snap Printing of Ireland is planning to start opening franchised high-street printing outlets in the UK. 03-May-2007 Bergamot Print Management of London has gone into liquidation through PricewaterhouseCoopers, along with Kent-based sister company Lordswood Litho, with the loss of 25 jobs. 20-Apr-2007 Corniche Fine Arts is planning to create up to 25 new jobs at its packaging graphics business in Bridlington over the next three years, as part of a strategy that will involve a rise in turnover from £3m to £5m. 17-Apr-2007 Wyndeham Press is planning to close its Westway and Blacketts sheetfed operations in Luton with the loss of up to 92 jobs. 17-Apr-2007 Prontaprint is planning to expand its chain of printing outlets in the UK and Ireland from 171 to 200, and is also looking to open franchises in continental Europe. 12-Apr-2007 Esterform Packaging, the Worcestershire-based bottle manufacturer with more than 200 staff, has secured funding of £30m from Gresham Private Equity for further growth and acquisitions. 12-Apr-2007 St Ives is considering plans to sell off the whole or parts of its book and magazine printing business, which is valued at £350m. 12-Apr-2007 Novelis is to shed 120 of the 420 jobs at its aluminium foil plant in Bridgnorth, Shropshire. 04-Apr-2007 Bradman Lake is planning to relocate its Norwich-based packaging machinery factory to a new site in Old Hall Road this summer. 15-Mar-2007 Gardners is planning to relocate its Cardiff-based printing business and up to 98 staff to a larger 60,000 sq ft site at Pentwyn, as part of a £2.4m expansion that will create 41 jobs. 14-Mar-2007 Metal Closures is to close its bottle tops factory in West Bromwich by the end of the year with the loss of 120 jobs, in order to transfer the work to a site in Glasgow. 12-Mar-2007 Closed Loop London is to set up a recycling centre in Dagenham by the end of the year, in order to convert reclaimed bottles into food-grade PET packaging. 09-Mar-2007 Ahlstrom is to shed 14 jobs at its Chirnside paper and fibres factory in the Borders. 09-Mar-2007 Plantic Technologies of Australia is to raise £15m in a flotation in London to fund the commercial development of biodegradable plastic packaging. 06-Mar-2007 BGP is planning a £25m investment in a new web offset printing factory at its site in Bicester, with the creation of about 100 jobs. 02-Mar-2007 Inglis Allen, the Fife-based printing company, has gone into provisional liquidation through Begbies Traynor, with the loss of 35 of the 43 jobs. 02-Mar-2007 RPC Bebo has closed its plastics packaging factory in Bristol with the loss of about 50 jobs, in order to transfer the work to Corby. 28-Feb-2007 RR Donnelley is to shed about 35 of the 400 jobs at its printing plant at Flaxby in York, in order to transfer one of the presses to Poland. 16-Feb-2007 Georgia-Pacific, the soft tissue manufacturer, is to shed about 100 of the 350 jobs at its paper mill in Maesteg. 12-Feb-2007 Veriplast International is to shed 85 of the 165 jobs at its Mono Containers plastic packaging factory in Durham. 12-Feb-2007 Envases is to invest £5m in the expansion of its aluminium aerosols factory in Port Talbot, with the creation of ten jobs. 07-Feb-2007 Arjo Wiggins is to shed 30 of the 465 jobs at its Stoneywood paper mill near Aberdeen. 02-Feb-2007 Allied Glass is investing £10m in new melting furnaces at its glass packaging factory in Leeds. 01-Feb-2007 British Polythene Industries is planning to close its plastic films factory in North Lincolnshire with the loss of up to 39 jobs. 30-Jan-2007 BemroseBooth is to shed 50 jobs at printing sites in Derby, Hull and Thornaby, as part of a cost-reduction programme. 26-Jan-2007 Blackburns is to extend its Leeds-based direct mail facility by 30,000 sq ft over the next few months. 26-Jan-2007 Wyndeham is to close its pre-press site in Bow, East London, with the loss of up to 40 jobs, in order to transfer the work to Wyndeham Argent in central London. 26-Jan-2007 Speciality Coatings is to shed 25 of the 50 jobs at its wallpapers business in Darwen in February. 26-Jan-2007 Land Securities Trillium is to develop a £12m 52,000 sq ft printing plant in Fforestfach, Swansea, for the DVLA by September 2007. 22-Jan-2007 Arc International Cookware is to close its glassware factory in Sunderland in September, with the loss of 240 jobs. 18-Jan-2007 BGP is to close its printworks in Colchester in February with the loss of up to 90 jobs, in order to focus investment at its site in Bicester. 17-Jan-2007 British Polythene Industries is to shed 30 of the 180 jobs at its site in Stockton, in order to transfer refuse sack manufacturing to other locations. 12-Jan-2007 PMT Italia of Italy has acquired the former Sandusky Walmsley paper machinery factory in Bolton, securing the future of 60 jobs. 12-Jan-2007 Styropack UK is to close its packaging factory in Aderdare in March with the loss of 12 jobs. 10-Jan-2007 Polimoon Packaging is to close its plastic packaging factory in Sutton-in-Ashfield, with the loss of up to 80 jobs. 09-Jan-2007 Ahlstrom is to invest £19m in the expansion of its Chirnside paper mill near Berwick by late 2008, with the creation of about 30 jobs. 02-Jan-2007 James McNaughton is to shed 38 of the 700 jobs in its paper merchanting business, with the closure of branches in Sheffield, Leicester, Plymouth, Ringwood, Brooklands and Heathrow. 02-Jan-2007 The information below comes from the UK Activity Report. 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