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Dutch envelope specialist Printing Partners Group (PPG) has made its first move into UK-based production after buying a major stake in The Envelope Works.

The deal was completed on 9 July and the combined group will have a turnover of £20m and 90 staff. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.  

PPG, an independent envelope supplier, operates in Germany, Holland, France and Belgium. It has a plant in Doetinchem in the east of Holland and now The Envelope Works site in Halifax, West Yorkshire.

The Envelope Works managing director Mark Farrimond said: “The benefits of our new partnership are almost endless. We will have two ultramodern production plants with more than 25 printing presses, of which at least seven are four-colour machines.

“With The Envelope Works’ extensive knowledge of the UK marketplace and PPG’s experience in Europe, both companies will complement each other perfectly.”

The 25 presses are a mixture of machines built by US firm Halm and German manufacturer W&D.