Business

Printers evacuated following Ocado warehouse fire

Three print firms were evacuated on Wednesday afternoon due to the Ocado warehouse fire in Andover.

Walstead to close Grange

Walstead Group plans to close Grange Press, which was the the first business in the Wyndeham Group.

Sherwin Rivers turns 50

Print and design company Sherwin Rivers is celebrating its 50th birthday this week and has attributed its lasting success to “attention to detail and embracing new technology”.

EWO ceases production at Essex site

EWO Media has ceased manufacturing at its base in Shoeburyness, Southend-on-Sea, with the loss of 11 jobs.

It’s all about bringing people together

Apologies in advance for some of the language used in this issue’s ‘big interview’.

Print’s personalisation revolution has only just begun

The value of the personalised gift market is expected to reach $31bn (£24bn) by 2021 – up 55% from 2016, at least according to new research commissioned by HP.

The devil is in the fine print

Print is all about dissemination of information. From Gutenberg to where we are now, printers have always handled sensitive information.

Stora Enso results kick off profit protection plans

Stora Enso has initiated a profit protection programme that will see a paper machine shut down at its Imatra Mill in southern Finland and the equivalent of 115 full-time jobs lost in preparation for...

Go Cre8 improves cutting efficiency with Zünd purchase

Design and print company Go Cre8 has taken on a secondhand Zünd PN L-2500 precision cutting table to enhance its finishing efficiency.

Blippar to relaunch as assets snapped up

Augmented reality start-up Blippar is set to relaunch after its assets were bought by property tycoon Nick Candy’s investment firm Candy Ventures.