Business

Crystal & Son is set to install a Polar 78 Eco guillotine to ease a production bottleneck and support its rapid growth.

Former Xerox CEO Jeff Jacobson has joined private equity firm Siris Capital as an executive partner.

Commercial printer Alba Printers has bolstered its bookletmaking offering after investing in a highly automated Horizon SPF-200L bookletmaker and two VAC-1000 tower collators.

Baker Labels has expanded its kit portfolio and capabilities after investing more than £500,000 in a new Screen Truepress Jet L350UV+LM.

Gemini Print Group has acquired Foundry Press out of administration in a pre-pack deal.

Two of the UK’s biggest calendar printers have spoken out about the impact on their businesses of the government’s decision to change the date of next year’s early May bank holiday.

Former Fujifilm Graphic Systems UK head Keith Dalton, who stepped up to a European role two years ago, has left the business.

Packaging giant DS Smith has reported revenue and profit increases as its recent acquisitions start to pay off alongside organic growth.

Gift packaging and stationery specialist IG Design Group’s UK business has continued on its growth path while the wider business has also seen significant sales increases.

Insolvent German paper mill Scheufelen is being wound up, according to German media reports.