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Mail Solutions Group expands straws business; appoints new Envelopes MD
Mail Solutions Group’s Intrinsic Paper Straws business has expanded its production site and facilities as part of a major investment to support the long-term growth ambitions of the division.

2022 Rising Stars revealed
The Printing Charity unveiled this year’s Rising Star Award Winners at a House of Lords reception last night, with an unprecedented ratio of women securing grants from the scheme.

BPIF outlines focus and celebrates talent at AGM
After a pandemic-enforced break that saw last year’s BPIF AGM hosted virtually, it returned to form its traditional part of a longer in-person event at St Bride Foundation in London yesterday (6...

Stationers’ Company elects Moira Sleight as new Master
Moira Sleight, editor and publisher of the Methodist Recorder, has been elected as Master of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers – becoming just the second woman to hold the...

Heidelberg session on packaging megatrends
Heidelberg is set to host a webinar tomorrow that will look at packaging megatrends such as sustainability and automation.

National World CFO to depart
National World COO Vijay Vaghela is leaving the business.

Xerox shares fall; no word from Icahn
Xerox’s share price dropped yesterday (30 June) following the unexpected death of its vice chairman and CEO John Visentin, while activist investor Carl Icahn is yet to comment on the situation.

Xerox CEO John Visentin RIP
Xerox vice chairman and CEO John Visentin has unexpectedly passed away due to complications from an ongoing illness.

Vivid celebrates long service milestones
Six members of the Vivid Laminating Technologies team have marked long service milestones, with celebrations taking place this month.

Rising star Matthew Kenyon, number 2 printer, MM Packaging
Matthew is 21 and has been working in the printing industry since January 2020. He was a finalist and highly commended in the Trainee of the Year category at the Printweek Awards earlier this year