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Wound-up waste paper merchant fined after worker killed
Wound-up waste paper merchant RRS London Waste Papers has been sentenced after health and safety breaches resulted in the death of one of its employees.
Streets Process Colour expands bindery with Renz investment
Streets Process Colour has expanded its finishing capability after installing three new Renz machines to bring more work in-house.
Stora Enso CWF conversion could be 'game-changer'
Stora Enso is evaluating options to convert its entire one million-plus tonnes of Lumi coated woodfree paper production to packaging board instead.
Hollywood Monster adds second Zünd and mulls M&A
Hollywood Monster has invested around £100,000 in a new Zünd G3 L-3200 cutter to keep up with the demands of its major contract with fast-food giant McDonald’s.
Fine Print Services installs Suprasetter A75
Fine Print Services aims to streamline the integration of its technology by taking delivery of a Heidelberg Suprasetter A75 platesetter.
Reach sees sales boost following N&S deal
Reach is anticipating a revenue increase of 11% for the 26-week period to 1 July, boosted by its near-£200m acquisition of Northern & Shell’s publishing assets, but like-for-like sales are expected to...
Howard Hunt makes multi-million pound inkjet investment
Howard Hunt has made a multimillion-pound investment in high-speed inkjet technology to round off its offering.
Gruppo Cordenons acquired by private equity firm
Italian paper mill Gruppo Cordenons has been acquired by Bain Capital Private Equity.
German mill begins insolvency proceedings
German paper mill Zanders has opened insolvency proceedings, citing reasons including increases in raw material and energy costs.
Wood Richardson targets consumer market with Xerox investment
Long-established B2B printer Wood Richardson is hoping to break into the consumer market after installing a new Xerox Versant 180.
$300m investment boost for Landa
Landa Digital Printing (LDP) has received a further investment of $300m (£228m) from German entrepreneur Susanne Klatten to aid its expansion as more machines head out to customers.
Allens automates its folding with Horizon install
Allens Printers has swapped out two folders for one to boost productivity and flexibility.
Spectator extends Wyndeham contract by two years
Wyndeham Group has extended its 19-year-old contract with The Spectator to print the political magazine up to 2020.
New owner brings former Idem paper mill to life
A Belgian paper mill, formerly the home of insolvent Idempapers, has been acquired by start-up Virginal Paper and is set to begin operation 12 months after it produced its last grades.
Armitage steps down after four turbulent years
Matt Armitage has resigned as St Ives chief executive after completing the PLC’s exit from print during his four-year tenure.