Companies & suppliers

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.

Apprintable enhances digital with Ricoh install
London-based print and design specialist Apprintable has taken delivery of a new Ricoh Pro C9500, enabling it to bring more work in-house and support its continued growth.

DS Smith shares fall as Mondi pulls out of takeover race
Following DS Smith and International Paper reaching an agreement on the terms of a takeover, Mondi has made a statement regarding its intention now not to make an offer for DS Smith – causing DS...

Royal Mail parent rejects possible takeover bid
The saga around Royal Mail continues, with confirmation that parent group International Distributions Services has rejected a potential takeover bid from a group connected to its biggest shareholder...

Bobst launches consulting service
Label and packaging finishing equipment manufacturer Bobst has launched a new consulting service, Bobst Application Management, to help advise packaging converters looking to enter new markets.

Dryden to depart with Flint in 'great shape'
Flint Group is set to appoint a new CEO following news that Steve Dryden will leave the business later this year.

Fiery releases new SignLab software
Digital front-end provider Fiery has released the next generation of its SignLab signmaking and graphic production software.

Fujifilm Graphic Comms to become part of BI
Fujifilm has confirmed that it will integrate its Graphic Communications wing into the Fujifilm Business Innovation operation, as it outlined a fresh medium-term management plan.

Fujifilm and Konica Minolta announce plans for JV
Fujifilm Business Innovation and Konica Minolta are planning to form a strategic alliance involving production printing devices, multifunction and office printers – and Fujifilm would be in the...

DS Smith agrees £5.8bn takeover by International Paper
The boards of London-headquartered packaging giant DS Smith and US company International Paper have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended all-share combination from International Paper that...