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Arjowiggins launches cross-range colour matching tool
Arjowiggins has launched a new colour matching tool that aims to make it simple for designers and brands to combine products from its Keaykolour and Curious Metallics creative paper collections.

FlyerAlarm halts UK sales due to Brexit
UPDATED: FlyerAlarm has stopped selling into the UK because of issues with delivering products here, post-Brexit.

SMP offers free training to upskill DM workers
The Strategic Mailing Partnership (SMP) has teamed up with Royal Mail and the Institute of Direct and Digital Marketing (IDM) to offer a series of free and heavily discounted training courses to...

McGowans adds Landa to digital setup
McGowans expects to transform its small-format digital production setup with the installation of a Landa S10 B1 inkjet press later this year.

ACA in Serviform die-making bender UK first
ACA Print Finishing & Packaging Solutions has bought a Serviform LineA die-making bender machine – the first of its kind in the UK – to boost its capacity and competitiveness.

Current affairs and home titles prosper in Covid hit mag ABCs
A number of titles covering the news and current affairs and home and garden sectors bucked a general downward trend in a Covid-19 hit market according to the latest Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC)...

BPIF calls on sector to drive the future of print
The BPIF has heralded last week’s virtual event to celebrate National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) a success and issued a call to arms for business leaders to check its online resources dedicated to...

Northend updates CTP with Cron
Northend has updated its CTP capability after investing in a new Cron 36G+ thermal system.

Immediate Media celebrates subs landmark
Immediate Media’s subscriber base has passed the 1m landmark after readers turned to its trusted and special interest magazine brands during the pandemic.

Packaging and delivery firms advise on cardboard shortage
Packaging and delivery specialists have urged businesses to plan their needs in advance and seek alternatives as cardboard box supply continues to be impacted.

Input costs force SunChem to raise prices
Sun Chemical will increase prices across a wide range of products in EMEA from next month, citing raw material shortages and “dramatically increased” freight costs.

Walstead diversifies with short-grain web
Walstead Group is investing in a short-grain web press for its Spanish gravure facility as part of a strategic plan to diversify the site’s offering.

Agfa invests in new UK showroom
Agfa is setting up a new UK showroom in the midlands that will house equipment from its Inkjet Solutions and Radiology businesses.

Arrow Film readying switch to innovative water-based process
Flexible packaging printer Arrow Film Converters has revealed that it had not applied for an Environmental Permit from its local council and invested in the associated equipment because it had been...

Veteran investor buys Barnard & Westwood
Historic printer Barnard & Westwood is beginning its centenary year under fresh ownership after veteran retail entrepreneur Maurice Bennett CBE acquired the business.