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Juliette Brown (L), director, DesignXpress with Sarah Thorpe, UKSE regional manager

DesignXpress wins six-figure investment from UKSE

Large-format and commercial printer DesignXpress has won funding worth hundreds of thousands of pounds from UK Steel Enterprises (UKSE), a subsidiary of Tata Steel.

Scott: "It is a team I wanted to be part of"

Go Inspire appoints specialist for charity division

Go Inspire has recruited a new strategic account director for its charity-specialist division Connect.

The venerable Conqueror range was made at Stoneywood

Arjo admins seek 'credible interest'

Administrators at Arjowiggins have said there is “potential interest” in its business and assets, but in the absence of offers for the two mill sites as manufacturing facilities they are continuing to...

Pureprint achieved a 200% increase in productivity with its Stitchliner Mark III

Pureprint powers up productivity with investments

Pureprint’s installations of a Horizon Stitchliner Mark III in early 2022 and a Muller Martini Primera in June have helped the company make significant productivity gains on the line.

Quality Street was originally launched in 1936

Quality Street switches to paper wrappers

Tubs of Quality Street could contain a mixture of paper and cellulose wrapped sweets this Christmas as Nestlé rolls out new recyclable paper wraps on the iconic festive staple.

VisuEnergy X will enable users to collect and visualise their energy consumption data

Manufacturers move on energy efficiency

Koenig & Bauer has launched new software to help its customers record and visualise their energy requirements, while Contiweb has streamlined its dryer product portfolio, as manufacturers continue to...

Donelan was appointed to her new role a month ago

Tories pledge business and consumer-friendly replacement for GDPR

Early indications are that plans by new culture secretary Michelle Donelan to replace GDPR with a simpler data protection system should be good news for the printing industry.

Arden Dies has been supported by Made Smarter

£6.1m funding boost for SME support programme

A programme that has backed 2,500 SME manufacturers – including several industry names – to adopt new digital technology and skills to create growth and jobs has secured £6.1m funding to continue for...

The event will be held at the Xerox Innovation Centre, Uxbridge

Industry names partner on Xeretec Xerox Print Show

Xeretec, Xerox, XMPie and Vivid Laminating Technologies are coming together to host The Xeretec Xerox Print Show next week.

Admins, energy and Queen’s death dominate September headlines

September was a historic month, with the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II understandably dominating proceedings during the national mourning period, but a pair of major business failures...

Essentra is transitioning to a pure play components business

Essentra sells filters division, completes packaging sale and appoints new CEO

Essentra has sold its filters unit, therefore successfully completing the strategic reviews of its Filters and Packaging divisions, and has appointed a new CEO.

User panel: "If we stick together then we can survive," said Bailey

Print industry must find unity in face of danger, leaders warn

Printers must find ways to collaborate with supply chain partners and even competitors to find solutions to the problems facing print, according to a panel of print industry leaders.

Today's planned strike is no longer taking place

Royal Mail strike dates revealed

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said postal workers have turned out in huge numbers this morning (30 September) as they walk out on strike against the “Uberisation” of Royal Mail.

Report looked at investment plans by market

Drupa report: recovery expected to start in 2023

Drupa has published its Eighth Global Trends Report after a two-year hiatus caused by the pandemic.

The Moll Pile PT was installed in late August

Solopress upgrades from manual folding with Moll spend

Commercial printer Solopress has installed a Moll folder after finding its productivity bottlenecked by manual folding speeds.