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ECM Print Finishers adds square-back book production
ECM Print Finishers has taken on a secondhand Watkiss SpineMaster to add square-back book production to its service offering.

Ludlow Bookbinders in Polar investment
Ludlow Bookbinders has invested around £30,000 in a new Polar N78 Plus guillotine less than a year after buying a secondhand Polar 92.

IPS Printed brings in Horizon double for bookletmaking
IPS Printed has invested in two Horizon post-press machines from Intelligent Finishing Systems (IFS) to both strengthen its PUR binding capabilities and introduce three-knife trimming.

Print firms join forces to hit M&A trail
The owners of Geoff Neal Group and Hardings Print Solutions have joined forces to buy trade finisher and printer Evoteam in the first part of a strategy to create a multi-faceted, full-service...

Interket shuts amid warnings on damaged reservoir
Interket has been evacuated from its premises due to fears that a nearby dam is set to rupture and flood the local town.

Creatives celebrate Yorkshire Day at Leeds event
Representatives from Yorkshire’s print, creative and digital industries celebrated Yorkshire Day yesterday (1 August) at an event held at the Oracle Bar in Leeds.

James Cropper 'positive' in post-Q1 update
James Cropper is looking ahead to a positive financial year thanks to a “promising” first quarter that follows a year in which pre-tax profits were halved.

Floods hit northern printers in overnight downpour
A number of printers across parts of northern England are counting the cost of the heavy rain and floodwaters that have resulted in people needing to be rescued, roads being blocked and rail routes...

Earth Overshoot Day: printers urged to hail sector sustainability
Pro Carton has urged the carton and wider print sector to push the benefits of paper- and cartonboard-based packaging materials to highlight the sustainability crisis marked by Earth Overshoot Day.

Stanley Lane finds further fame
Octogenarian artisan printer Stanley Lane's search for a successor received a further boost this week with an appearance on Radio 4’s The Untold.