Weekly Recap: EFI & Agfa Top This Week’s Stories

Here is Ink World’s weekly recap of the most-viewed news stories on our site for the week ending October 3, 2026.

The top story this week is EFI and Agfa’s announcement to combine Agfa’s Digital Printing Solutions business (Agfa DPS) with EFI. On the topic of mergers, Smurfit Westrock will acquire the Chilean Containerboard and Corrugated business of Empresas CMPC S.A. (CMPC). Next, Crown Holdings broke ground on its first beverage can manufacturing facility in India. Plus, RadTech announced the new RTE Packaging Seminar to take place November 4-5 in Milan, Italy. Lastly, in printed electronics news, Flex announced the name for its Cloud and Power Infrastructure spin-off as Axiom.

Here are our top five most-viewed stories from the past week:

1. EFI & Agfa to Combine DPS Businesses

2. Smurfit Westrock Acquires CMPC’s Chilean Containerboard & Corrugated Business

3. Crown Breaks Ground on Beverage Can Manufacturing Facility in India

4. RadTech Europe Introduces RTE Packaging Seminar

5. Flex Announces New Company Name for Its Spin-Off

Thanks for reading our Breaking News. We’ll have a new list for you next Saturday.

Have a great week!

Rachel Klemovitch
Assistant Editor