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HSE: Scapa failed to take action to ensure the necessary guarding of the machinery

Firm fined after workplace fatality

A manufacturer of industrial tape products, including social distancing and plate mounting tapes, has been fined more than £100,000 after a worker was crushed to death in a slitter-rewinder.

Tolley, Peeling and Bailey: more M&A could be on the cards

Precision, Prime and Proco merge and unveil £100m target

Precision Printing, Prime Group and ProCo have joined forces to create a £45m, 360 staff multisite commercial and online print group with ambitions to nudge £100m sales in three years.

Dominion: UK maker hopes to gain a competitive advantage over imports

Dominion Print sets up masks wing

Dominion Print has set up a new e-commerce site after adding bespoke-branded washable face coverings to its product mix.

Gunning: praise for what group's teams were able to achieve

Grafenia gains CBILS loan to help ride out crisis

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has stymied Grafenia’s hopes of achieving breakeven EBITDA in the second half of its financial year, with sales down and losses increasing, in part due to one-off...

PrintGrip: "minimising the risk of injury"

New anti-slip film for exterior floor graphics

Lintec Europe aims to capitalise on the booming market for floor graphics with a new high-spec slip-resistant PE-based substrate.

Around 70% of the firm's work is for the art community

Omni Colour launches scheme to support artists

Fine art and out-of-home specialist Omni Colour has launched a competition to support artists who are struggling to produce work as a result of the pandemic.

ReactivAir: keeps graphics clean while removing pollution

Gardners gobbles up pollution with new coating

Gardners has launched an innovative coating option that keeps outdoor printed surfaces clean and has the added benefit of ‘eating’ air pollution.

ESP's Swindon facility

ESP secures seven-figure CBILS funding

ESP Colour is the latest print business to secure a substantial CBILS loan to help it ride out the Covid-19 pandemic.

Airplac's Printfoam substrate: 100% recyclable

Airplac capitalises on bespoke foamboard offering

Airplac is reporting burgeoning demand for its made-to-measure foamboard due to the Covid-19 pandemic and resulting demand for new types of products in retail and leisure environments.

Nettl: 14 new partners signed up in the UK

Grafenia flexes finances with new bond issue

Grafenia has put in place a facility to issue up to £50m in ‘perpetual bonds‘ on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, with £2m raised via an initial £3m issue, to support working capital and the group’s...