Many thanks to everyone who entered our competition. Sadly another 4 years of hurt are to follow after England’s early exit but the general conclusion seems to be that the tournament was a great success and one of the ‘Best Ever’. Your entries predicted that a South American team would succeed over any other contenders. 

It’s hard to believe 4 years have flown past since the last competition ended in South Africa in 2010. Who can forget the cacophony of noise created by the thousands of Vuvuzelas at every match? England progressed from the Group stages only to be well and truly beaten by the ‘Young Guns’ of Germany in

  What can you get for £40M these days? A lovely conundrum if it’s in your own bank account but Mayr-Melnhof decided that the best investment would be to upgrade the KM3 machine at Kolicevo. The result is:  New Kromopak! A high white GC2 with a bright white reverse. Yes a white reverse is not

Issue two of of our Promo-Box is now complete and will be winging it’s way to all corners of the country this week. The new Box is printed on the reverse of Kromopak. This improved GC2 Folding Boxboard originates from  MM-Karton’s Kolicevo Mill in Slovenia. The Mill was rebuilt last year and as a result

We’re not sure if the weather has contributed to our Grasshead’s anguish or he’s just plain unhappy! Keep the factory doors locked tonight……..The Grassheads are coming!!! Wahahahahahahahrrrrgggggghhhhhhhh!!!!!!   Does this character look just a little too friendly? Thanks to Debbie (Not Varsity) for the piccie!

Gary and Steve visited one of the MM Group plants for some training this week. The course was a Technical refresher and covered all aspects of carton manufacture including printing, C&C and gluing. It was, contrary to what you may believe from the photo, the ‘Guess who looks most like a live match competition’. If

The Varsity Promo-Box and The Bristlecone Pine – Pinus Longaeva Varsity HQ has been abuzz with ideas since we decided to embark on a promotional campaign. Marketing has never been our strength but we did feel that we wanted to promote and advertise our fantastic range of boards, and at the same time have a

 Varsity have been helping customers for over 25 years, and this year the stock list is posted with a ‘fun giveaway’!  A bear which can grow grass for hair !  A fun, small item to have on your desk at work. Scroll down to see how to grow your Grasshead   How To Grow Your Own Grass Head

Our industry might be considered a little staid and old-fashioned sometimes but you can’t say it doesn’t capture the imagination on occasions. We laugh sometimes when we get asked, “Do you stock a double sided board?”. Our formal answer is “No; we only stock single side coated boards”. However, the truthful answer is “Yes; all

Here at Varsity we have had FSC certification since it’s very early inception.  FSC has been gaining an ever higher profile in recent times with  companies such as Marks & Spencer demanding FSC certification. Today the majority of our supplying Mills are FSC certified. This  includes all of the MM-Karton Group Mills, which supply Virgin