Print buying

Industry associates mourn David Bartlett
Renowned designer and champion of paper and cardboard engineering David Bartlett has died, aged 81.

Nettl Crewe & Nantwich to rebrand
Nettl Crewe & Nantwich is gearing up to rebrand to We Display next month as it realigns its service offering.

Home interest titles impress in mag ABCs as women’s weeklies decline
Cooking and gardening titles were among the top performers in the latest Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) consumer magazine reports, but the women’s weeklies sector continued its decline.

Printers up their game for Premier League kick-off
Printers up and down the country are benefiting from an uptick in activity as the new Premier League season kicks off with near-normal crowds allowed back into stadiums.

ACA secures BRCGS certification
Post-press specialist ACA has secured the BRC Global Standard (BRCGS) for Packaging Materials.

DS Smith invests in robot workforce at Kemsley mill
DS Smith has invested in ten Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) to increase sustainability and efficiency at its Kemsley paper mill in Kent.

Vegware acquired by US group
Innovative, compostable packaging business Vegware has been acquired by US group Novolex.

Weekend and You on the move
Associated Newspapers has given its incumbent print supplier notice that the production of Weekend and You magazines will be moving to another printer.

Clays invests in hi-spec Lithoman
Clays is making its biggest investment yet in a unique configuration Manroland Goss Web Systems Lithoman IV press capable of producing 50m books a year.

Timpson lauds Biltcliffe's business ethos in column
Webmart CEO Simon Biltcliffe was name-checked in James Timpson’s newspaper column at the weekend.