Print buying

DS Smith restores dividend as business improves
Corrugated box volumes have improved at DS Smith and the group has seen “a return to positive growth” following the initial impact of Covid-19.

Precision, Prime and Proco merge and unveil £100m target
Precision Printing, Prime Group and ProCo have joined forces to create a £45m, 360 staff multisite commercial and online print group with ambitions to nudge £100m sales in three years.

Extinction Rebellion activists arrested following Newsprinters blockades
Around 80 Extinction Rebellion activists have been arrested after they blockaded Newsprinters plants in Hertfordshire, Merseyside and North Lanarkshire on Friday night (4 September), affecting the...

Nettl launches online training academy
Nettl has launched a new fully-funded online training programme for designers and salespeople who have been made redundant, in the hopes that successful applicants will become Nettl partners following...

Derby County cans matchday programme as Plymouth Argyle pledges to continue
Derby County FC is set to stop printing its matchday programme, but will instead launch a new monthly magazine for the start of the 2020/21 season, while Plymouth Argyle will continue with its printed...

News UK and Prinovis UK in paper first
News UK and Prinovis UK are set to secure an industry first this weekend when they begin the roll-out of paper banding to replace polybagging on the Sunday Times.

Fourth rogue emergency services publisher shut down
A fourth publishing company that misled clients into believing they were advertising in magazines supporting the emergency services has been wound up by the court.

Feldmuehle bolsters management team amid strong year
Independent German paper mill Feldmuehle has strengthened its management team after trading above plan since it exited its insolvency proceedings at the beginning of the year.

Book printer TJ in £1.5m-plus spend and rebrand
Cornish book printer TJ International has rebranded as TJ Books and installed a raft of new equipment as part of a £1.5m-plus investment drive aimed to increase its capacity and flexibility.

Denmaur creates carton arm with Townsend deal
Denmaur Paper Media has launched a dedicated cartonboard division to support UK packaging groups and commercial operations with packaging print in their work mix.