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Davies worked at IPC Media and Time Inc for nearly 20 years
'Significant addition to the board'

National World takes on former Time Inc boss

National World has appointed a highly-experienced former magazine executive to its board.

Support continues for life of contracts

Xerox to end iGen and Nuvera production

It’s the end of an era for Xerox, which will stop making its iGen5 and Nuvera digital presses over the summer, while a new era beckons with a fresh third-party partnership for high-speed continuous...

Ultima GC1 is an FSC-certified paperboard
Move strengthens customer support

PG Paper and Antalis partner on Ultima GC1 availability

PG Paper has revealed that Ultima GC1 is now available from Antalis, streamlining the distribution of Ultima GC1 in the UK and Ireland, strengthening customer support and expediting how orders are...

Hatfield is optimistic the Kudu will render screen printing obsolete at Print & Display
SwissQprint device has streamlined production

Print & Display plans to exit screen printing after Kudu install

Point-of-sale specialist Print & Display has installed a brand-new SwissQprint Kudu 3.2m flatbed with roll-to-roll function, helping it to phase out its screen printing department.

Make Up's Digi-MollPak has automated the previously manual process of folding and gluing
Digi-Moll installed

Make Up Print Finishers brings gluing in-house

Make Up Print Finishers, the trade finishing arm of Gloucestershire-based Vale Press Group, has automated its in-house gluing process with a brand-new Moll Digi-MollPak folder-gluer.

Future growth planned

Profits jump at Funkypigeon.com

Sales and profits are up at online greeting card and gifting specialist Funkypigeon.com.

Former apprentice takes top job

Manroland Sheetfed appoints new CEO, focused on own events over Drupa

Manroland Sheetfed has a new CEO and has opted to run its own ‘world tour’ instead of exhibiting at Drupa.

Surma and team have enjoyed rapid growth in business over the past three years
Customised, faster service

Signs Base doubles design speed with AI integration

Essex sign, display and vehicle livery firm Signs Base has more than doubled its design output after introducing AI processes to cut down on laborious design work.

The Langelsheim-based company is part of the wider Heubach Group. Image: Google Maps
Major pigment maker

Heubach files for insolvency

German pigment maker Heubach GmbH has filed for insolvency following a failed attempt at a financial restructure.

Traded to the detriment of HMRC

Former football ace barred over media biz

A former Liverpool and England footballing ace has been disqualified after his media business was wound up by HMRC.

Folio pre-packed on 5 April. Image: Google Maps
Hit by nearly £100k in bad debt

Folio pre-packs after double customer collapse

Folio Print Finishing has been sold in a pre-pack deal to a second company owned by its directors, David Robshaw and Andrew Bird, after two major customers entered insolvency.

WF Education's new Mimaki prints directly onto board, giving better quality than decals
First printer bought

WF Education brings print in-house for quality

Specialist furniture manufacturer WF Education Group has installed a new Mimaki JFX200-2513 EX UV flatbed press to take control of the quality of its printed products.

Response Rate Tracker data is now available to all JICMail subscribers
Details gathered from 2,341 campaigns

JICMail scales up Response Rate Tracker

JICMail has scaled up its Response Rate Tracker for 2024, revealing new direct mail and door drop benchmarks from over 2,300 campaigns and 13 contributing organisations – up from six last year.

'Inadequate prices and high costs'

End of the line for TSB

German gravure printer TSB will close its doors at the end of the month.

UK Printing Company appointed administrators from FRP Advisory on 27 March
Pre-pack sale

UKPC admins reveal shortfall

Administrators at UK Printing Company (UKPC), which phoenixed in late March, have published details of the pre-pack sale of the business.