Print buying

Royal Mail has said it will need to raise its prices and cut costs due to rising inflation and weak economic growth.

Smurfit Kappa said it has become the world’s first packaging company to become vegan certified after obtaining the Vegan Society trademark.

The Fedrigoni Group has reported turnover of €1.76bn (£1.48bn) in its results for the 12-month period to March 2022.

Clays CEO Paul Hulley has retired after 12 years running the UK’s biggest single site book printer.

Printers have reported price increases well beyond headline figures, as consumer inflation rises to its highest point in 40 years.

Colleagues and customers are mourning the loss of FSC and PEFC chain of custody expert Eric Gardener, who has died.

Stora Enso has divested its three corrugated packaging plants in Russia.

Macfarlane Group has acquired German company PackMann Gesellschaft für Verpackungen und Dienstleistungen in a strategic move for the business.

Adare SEC has been awarded a five-year contract extension with gas supplier Calor for the provision of transactional communication production and expertise.

Essentra has become the first UK packaging printer to adopt Landa’s Nanographic digital printing technology after investing in an S10 press.