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Casepak chairman and founder "Bingo" George Smith has died, aged 77.

A man in his forties suffered life-threatening injuries when he was crushed under a paper reel on an industrial estate in Essex last week.

Print profit margins are up at St Ives as the group says it has achieved a "fundamental realignment" of its overall business.

Heidelberg UK has reported a boom in perfecting press sales in the 16 months since Drupa.

UPM has been named industry leader in environmental sustainability in the Paper and Forest Products sector in the Dow Jones European and World Sustainability Indices (DJSI).

Looking at pictures or funny videos of cats is, we’re told, the number one [legal] activity on the internet.

Tullis Russell's Trucard board is said to be benefiting from premium drinks brand owners' attempts to differentiate their brands through the appearance and appeal of their packaging.

Drytac has launched a range of laminating films in widths of up to 1.5m for "cost-conscious" print service providers.

Daventry-based JR Press has installed a new Heidelberg Polar 78 ECO guillotine as part of a wider move away from commercial print into B3 packaging.

Metsa Board has introduced a new fully bleached liner that complements its Kemiart range and is targeted at microflute as well as traditional corrugated packaging.

Rapidly rising prices for raw materials are to push up printers costs for products such as inks, consumables giant Flint Group has warned.

Ilford Imaging Switzerland has announced a 40% reduction in its workforce following its sale via an MBO to chief executive Paul Willems and chief financial officer Jean-Marc Metrailler.

A business boom in areas including South America has prompted Meech International to expand its premises in Witney, Oxfordshire.

Mailing Technology & Support (MTS) has announced the launch of the Feedline 14, an inline feeder and folder that can be fitted to any third-party inserter.

Ed Miliband will announce plans to freeze small business rates for two years, from April 2015 to April 2017, in his keynote speech at the Labour Party conference this afternoon.