Paul Tye

Environmental Myths

In these days of environmental focus, nothing seems to arouse the passions like packaging. Unfortunately, much of the "bad news" that circulates on the topic is based on myth and hearsay. Maybe some of the following thoughts will help to correct some of t... Read >

Keep it Real: Print and Counterfeit Products

Counterfeit products are big business, and, as emphasised by the scare in the UK just a couple of years ago regarding Lipitor, an anti-cholesterol drug used by millions of Britons to treat heart disease, it can also be a potentially fatal one. Lipitor ... Read >

Medica Packaging Adds Fourth Komori

Medica Packaging, part of the Benson Group, has installed a six colour B1 Komori as the latest addition to its carton press line up. Medica is based in Cheshire and a leading supplier of folding cartons and leaflets to the pharmaceutical and healthcare in... Read >

Benson Group: Expanding on All Fronts

The Benson Group is the UK's leading privately owned printed carton supplier, producing packaging product for both the food and pharmaceutical industries. The Group has enjoyed unparalleled growth since 2002, when a business with an £11 million turnover ... Read >

Cartonboard – Naturally Renewable

An unfortunate perception of the print and packaging world is that it "eats trees"! In fact, of the world consumption of wood only 12% is actually used for the manufacture of paper and board, and of this, just one tenth is used for cartons. Over half the ... Read >

Building on Success

Producing packaging products for some of the food and pharmaceutical industries' major players, the Benson Group is the UK's leading privately owned carton suppliers. Boasting state-of-the-art technologies at its four sites across the UK, over which 790 p... Read >

Benson Group Committed to North-East

Having acquired two of the best known carton makers in England's North-East, Benson Group is now further expanding the die-cutting capacity at both plants. "We wouldn't have bought Integrated Packaging, or Print Design and Graphics, if we weren't commi... Read >

AccuBraille Alpina to Expand Carton Markets for Medica

A new Bobst Alpina II line, the first in the UK to include an AccuBraille Braille embossing unit, is allowing Medica Packaging to unleash its latent capacity. "Having invested in additional print capacity in the form of a Komori S40 last year, we were ... Read >