Coronavirus

Industry leaders have commented on the impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on their businesses, two years since Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the first lockdown.

When Heidelberg CEO Rainer Hundsdörfer took over as boss of the industry’s largest press manufacturer five years ago, the world was a very different place.

Langley Holdings is predicting a 33% increase in sales at its printing operations this year, after the 2021 performance at Manroland Sheetfed was impacted by Covid absenteeism and supply chain issues.

Evoteam has ceased trading after a pandemic-induced reduction in work made the business unsustainable.

Balcony Shirts has raised more than £800 for homeless charity Shelter after producing a one-off t-shirt inspired by the Downing Street lockdown parties scandal.

Fujifilm has reported that sales of printing plates are recovering in its results for the first nine months of its financial year.

Sappi has reported strong results for its first quarter with sales of $1.697bn (£1.25bn), up 46% year-on-year, and a profit of $123m – compared to a loss of $17m in Q1 2020.

Kesslers International had an estimated total deficiency of more than £17m when it went into administration at the end of last year, with HMRC owed more than £2.6m and inter-group figures also adding...

Finat has warned that the continued union strike “in some Nordic paper mills” is posing severe lead time problems for European label converters.

Moo lost the equivalent of more than $1m a month during the pandemic-afflicted 2020 trading year as the business racked up exceptional costs of nearly $7m and sales of its core business card products...