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imageData Group appoints new chief sales officer
ImageData Group has appointed Steve Williams as its new chief sales officer.

Latcham targets growth with new sales director
Print, mail and digital document service firm Latcham’s freshly-promoted sales director, Mark Skirton, will seek to expand the £22m-turnover company with a new growth strategy.

Tributes paid to Lascelle Barrow
Lascelle Barrow – a genuine industry legend – has died aged 79, after spending more than 60 years in print.

International Paper to close five UK packaging sites
Following its acquisition of DS Smith earlier this year, International Paper has confirmed a proposal to close five of its Packaging sites in the UK.

Simmons to take up new role at KSP Group
Del Simmons will join KSP Group next month as the business maps out a leadership transition.

Partial amputation after film converting machine entanglement
A manufacturer of flexible packaging and laminating films has been handed a five-figure fine after a worker lost part of his finger after becoming tangled in machinery.

Hastings plans 'bold new chapter' with Wren rebrand
Luke Hastings plans to rebrand Wren Packaging as part of a “rebirth” of the business under the new name of Renaissance Packaging, but there’s still no news for former employees of Reflections Print...

Wayne Bellchamber celebrates 50 years at Beamglow
Wayne Bellchamber has celebrated his 50th year at Cambridgeshire luxury packaging firm Beamglow.

Denmaur's Doug Jessop sets retirement date
Denmaur’s Doug Jessop is set to retire this summer after 42 “non-stop” years in the paper industry.

Nick Stagg takes up new role at Augustus Martin
Long-serving SMP Group sales and marketing director Nick Stagg has joined Augustus Martin in a new business development role.