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Adverset embraces B2 in £1m spend
Commercial printer Adverset Media Solutions has spent £1m in a strategic step up to B2.

Organic growth and acquisitions keep Macfarlane momentum going
Packaging company Macfarlane Group has reported improved organic growth in its latest interim trading update and said it is continuing to benefit from its recent acquisitions.

Grayson revamps digital line-up
Grayson Design & Print has invested £155,000 on two new printers and finishing equipment.

Denmaur consolidates in new warehouse
Denmaur Independent Papers has relocated its warehousing to a 12,100sqm central facility in Leicestershire, in a move that it said will quadruple its capacity.

Blueorange gives OKI the okay
Wide-format printer Blueorange Signs has invested £24,000 in a 1.6m-wide (64in) OKI ColorPainter M-64S.

Park Comms in further finishing investment
London-based Park Communications has invested just shy of £200,000 in bringing lay-flat binding and die-cutting in-house.

Weak pound is potential boost for De La Rue
De La Rue’s half-year results have been bolstered by a strong performance from its banknote printing and papermaking operations, while the weak pound could provide a further boost to future...

Publisher ups capacity of new in-house print arm with Ricoh buy
Independent trade publisher Austin Macauley Publishers is set to bolster the capacity of its new in-house printing facility after purchasing a second Ricoh Pro 8100SE digital printer.

The steely logic behind tree hugging
An oft-repeated Trumpism that, until two weeks ago, was one of a litter of reasons why the toupéed former reality star should not become the 45th US President was his widely reported theory that...

Skills schemes to attract bright young things
Whenever I thought of the print industry I pictured big warehouses printing stacks of newspapers: I guess I just thought of print as being quite old-fashioned,” recalls one of them.