Companies & suppliers

Crennell: tremendously exciting period in the company’s development

Boxway Packaging Group appoints new MD

Corrugated cardboard packaging specialist BoxWay Packaging Group has appointed Bryan Crennell to the newly created position of group managing director.

The Fusion Lite can process 16,000 packs an hour

Civica ups efficiency with second Bowe inserter

Civica Election Services has invested in a second Bowe Fusion mail inserter in a strategic move to further streamline and optimise operations at its North London-based production plant.

(L-R) Bowe's Steve Basnett and APS Group's Steve Goodall

APS installs six more Bowe Fusion Speed inserters

APS Group has followed its installation of two Bowe Fusion Speed inserting lines in 2022 with investment in a further six of the systems in order to enclose and mail critical customer communications...

Principal Mailing was previously known as Mainstream Direct. Image: Google Maps

Principal Mailing ceases trading

Print and direct mail specialist Principal Mailing Solutions ceased trading in December and business advisory firm FRP Advisory is expected to be appointed shortly to oversee insolvency proceedings.

Spirit Label Solutions was founded by five veterans of the industry

Spirit Label Solutions lay down £5m challenge

Glasgow label start-up Spirit Label Solutions has set its sights on disrupting the Scottish labels market with its ambitious growth plans.

Thomas Leach Colour pays cut-rate energy prices under the leasing scheme

Thomas Leach Colour signs up to solar scheme

Abingdon commercial printer Thomas Leach Colour has signed up to a solar panel financing scheme from Electron Green which will cut the firm’s grid usage by 45%.

(L-R) Craig Naylor-Smith, Keith Wright and Emma Fulker

Parseq kicks off 2024 with double appointment

Business services and IT provider Parseq, which acquired secure print specialist the Tall Group a year ago, has expanded its senior leadership and account management teams with two new hires.

CWU said Royal Mail was “forcing through unagreed changes"

Ofcom report on future of USO: industry reacts

Industry bosses have until 3 April to respond to Ofcom’s proposals for reform of the Royal Mail’s Universal Service Obligation – while publishers’ association the PPA has already warned about the...

After first release in 1984, the Macintosh would take several years before it burst upon the print scene

40 years of Macintosh: a creative explosion

Today, 24 January, marks 40 years since the Apple Macintosh’s release, and the beginning of its transformation of creative industries around the world.

Sign & Digital UK now has around 70 exhibitors

Sign & Digital UK reveals more exhibitors

Sign & Digital UK has revealed a number of new exhibitors in the run-up to its 35th annual show, taking place 25-27 February.