Disciplines

Last Bros shuts, MD launches successor company
Last Bros has closed its doors as its owner retires and winds down the business, with the label and tab printer’s managing director founding a new company to continue its legacy.

Adare SEC makes eco-envelope switch
Adare SEC is claiming a first after moving its entire Adare Post business of more than 100m window envelopes a year to a product that is recyclable and biodegradable.

New boss at Communisis Brand Deployment wing
Communisis has appointed a procurement expert from outside the industry to head up its Brand Deployment business.

Haybrooke adds web-to-print to PDQ Sales Hub
Haybrooke has added web-to-print (W2P) to its PDQ Sales Hub platform in order to increase customer autonomy and flexibility in the emerging market space.

Park brings services in-house with mega bindery spend
Park Communications has invested £1.7m in two new machines from Muller Martini to enhance its in-house service offering.

Blackwell boosts short-run capacity with Duplo buy
Blackwell Print has installed a Duplo 600i bookletmaker in order to enhance its offering on shorter-run and low-pagination booklet jobs.

Heidelberg adds opaque white to Gallus label presses
Heidelberg is to launch a brace of new units for its Gallus label presses that will add opaque white embellishing and rotary die-cutting capabilities.

Multiprint ups capabilities with Colorado 1650
Multiprint Solutions has become one of the first UK businesses to install a Canon Oce´ Colorado 1650.

ProCo in £2m HP and Böwe spend
ProCo has installed a new HP PageWide T240 HD web press and two Böwe Systec 9G insertion lines in a £2m investment that repositions its Stansted wing as a high-volume digital production hub.

Interket reopens as flood warnings lifted on damaged dam
Interket has returned to work today almost a week after it was evacuated when the nearby Toddbrook Reservoir threatened to rupture and flood the local town.