Adam Platts new VPK UK and Ireland Sales & Marketing Director

Nick Geary, Business Sales Manager at Bobst UK and Ireland, joined the British Sheet Plant Association‘s Committee as Ambassador for Membership at the start of 2023. For many years the SPA Committee has been made up of 5 Members (who hold senior management roles within the sheet plant sector) plus a paid secretariat....

Sustainability, its future role for the industry and ways to achieve it, were the subjects of the British Sheet Plant Association’s 105th Conference held in Birmingham on 27 February. The event attracted 180 delegates and was kicked off with Dr Matt Winning, author, comedian and environmental scientist. Dr Winning...

Keynote Speaker Tony Smurfit, spoke about the changing role of packaging and the growing importance of sustainability for packaging companies. Smurfit Kappa started off as a sheet plant in Ireland in the 1930s. At that time, corrugated packaging was brown, and its only role was to protect the customer’s products, Mr...