Companies & suppliers

Covid impact and good news grab the August headlines

Our round-up of the most read news from August, where investments and, unsurprisingly, the impact of Covid-19 were the hottest topics.

July duly delivers for Royal Mail and HH steps up after mega merger

The industry continues to reshape, Royal Mail heralds the Covid parcels boom, although it later discovers you can have too much of a good thing, HH Global swallows up a bigger rival and Argos consigns...

Masks become May’s must-have accessory

While the world changes rapidly and printers start pivoting to mask manufacturing, some things remain constant as Paragon continues with its ambitious growth strategy by buying struggling SPOT while...

Bar-Shany walks away from HP Indigo

The cutbacks begin in June, as do the ‘Drupa’ launches

While vendors battle for attention for their planned Drupa launches, the cutbacks began across some of print’s biggest players as the end briefly loomed for the furlough scheme, but one departure in...

Help for heroes as print steps up in March

Unsurprisingly, just as the impact of Covid-19 was beginning to be felt in the UK, so was its effect on print and while some battened down the hatches, others, like Prime Group, stepped up to the...

Print on the box in April

One media channel embraced another as printers secured their 15-minutes of fame, while former Polestar execs, perhaps less willingly, find themselves in the Printweek spotlight again.

January offers a taste of things to come in a momentous year

While coronavirus was still largely considered a problem in other countries back in January, in what was perhaps a sign of things to come the year started off with a glut of insolvencies and M&A...

Cash proves to be king in February’s headlines

The demise of Leicester print group Taylor Bloxham was the most read story in 2020 after the historic firm ran out of cash, while cash, albeit in terms of illicit payments, also took centre stage in...

BFS is a family-run consumables supplier

BFS set to expand in 35th year

BFS Pressroom Solutions is celebrating its 35th year in business and is set to expand its roller factory next year.

Heidelberg UK's warehouse was previously based at its Brentford site

Heidelberg launches Irish business

Heidelberg UK is to launch a new subsidiary in Ireland to enhance its presence north and south of the border.