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DS Smith makes Eastern European push with Romanian acquisition
DS Smith has acquired Romanian packaging and paper firms EcoPack and EcoPaper in a bid to extend its Eastern European reach.

Moo's latest hire fuels speculation over aspirations
Moo has appointed another senior executive with experience of taking companies public, heightening speculation that the fast-growing firm could be gearing up to float.

Company of the Year: Buxton Press
Three cheers for three years; this is the third consecutive category win for the stellar sheetfed printer in Derbyshire. But team Buxton will not rest. “In spite of ongoing good results they’re still...

SME of the Year: Northside Graphics
This year’s winner grew from a tiny acorn to a seven-figure turnover in under four years. Only a few minutes from Belfast city centre, the 41-staff company is in capital form, and in the past year has...

Post-press Company of the Year: Rapidity
A client wanted to sell his swanky house in Malta, but first came the marketing to an international audience. A limited run of only 40 books saw them covered in calfskin leather, pared by hand and...

Book Printer of the Year: Push Print
“These guys understand what makes a beautiful book,” said judges of the London printer that went one further in 2017 after being runner-up twice in three years. The Gestalt book, for example, ticked...

Industrial Digital Printer of the Year: Paragon Customer Communications
It was in the cards. Paragon took the top spot in this category thanks to entries including Hyundai Tarot Cards – a fitting theme for a category that focuses as much on targeted messaging and the...

Direct Mail Printer of the Year: Howard Hunt
This was anything but junk mail. The NSPCC’s annual ‘Letter from Santa’ campaign invited the customer to log on to an online ordering portal and choose the visual design they wanted to send before...

Bespoke Magazine Printer of the Year: Pureprint Group
A three times runner-up in the magazine category, Pureprint turned the page this year to go one better and was “a natural winner,” according to judges. They were particularly won over by the variety...

Marketing Campaign of the Year: Impress Print Services
With a wistful nod to the past, Impress focused its Digital Gold campaign on Willy Wonka-style tickets to promote new digital metallic technology, strengthen customer loyalty and promote short-run,...

Label Printer of the Year: The Label Makers
A runner-up three years running, their boat finally came in. Bradford’s Label Makers won one of our most challenging categories thanks to several labels including one for Mary Rose Gin.

Bespoke Digital Printer of the Year: Pureprint Group
Three words from the judges summed up the work of Pureprint: “Quality, quality, quality”. And one word sums up where it landed the printer in this year’s category: winner. Fantastically vivid artwork...

Catalogue Printer of the Year: Wyndeham Southernprint
The eye-witness account said it all: “I have witnessed first-hand the care the Wyndeham Southernprint team takes in producing a high-quality product and was amazed by the attention to detail...

Newspaper Printer of the Year: Mortons Print of Horncastle
Much has been said about the health of the newspaper sector, but keep taking the tabloids. The quality of these and all other paper formats has never been better, as proved this year by the...

Fine Art Printer of the Year: Pureprint Group
When it all comes together, it’s like a work of art. And it has all come together this year for Pureprint. Of all the categories the Sussex printer is shortlisted in, this shows it at its consistent...