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All4Labels expands in UK with Springfield Solutions buy
All4Labels Global Packaging Group has snapped up five more companies in the space of a week, including the UK’s Springfield Solutions.

Zebra Technologies wins workplace award
Zebra Technologies has won a prestigious award after improving health and safety in its workplace.

Counterfeit money printers ordered to pay back profits
Three men involved in a conspiracy to supply over £12m of counterfeit banknotes have been ordered to give up the real money they earned from their crimes.

Zeus acquires again with Italian buy
Irish packaging company Zeus Group has made another major acquisition after purchasing Italian paper and board convertor Cima Paper.

Glastonbury Free Press celebrates 10th birthday
Glastonbury Festival concluded yesterday (25 June), following a headline performance from Sir Elton John playing the last UK show of his farewell tour, while its free newspaper printed on-site for...

PDC becomes exclusive JBI distributor
Perfect Document Creation (PDC) has become the exclusive UK distributor for James Burn International (JBI) punching and binding equipment.

Foilco achieves carbon neutrality
Stamping foils manufacturer and supplier Foilco has achieved carbon neutrality through its operational emissions.

Fresh print tenders open for bids
A new trio of print tenders has appeared on the government’s Contracts Finder service.

Directors banned over BBL
Two directors of a publishing company have been disqualified for abusing taxpayer-backed Covid business loan support.

John Brailsford in Morgana UK first
John Brailsford Printers has become the first UK company to install a Morgana ColorCut SC6000 digital die-cutting and creasing machine.

Firm fined after incident results in amputations
A manufacturing company has been handed a six-figure fine after a worker lost three digits because of a blister packaging machine that had inadequate guarding.

Profits soar for DS Smith
DS Smith has reported another strong set of annual results, with its pre-tax profit ballooning by 75% and its revenue also growing.

The Big Display Company upgrades with first Agfa
Trade printer The Big Display Company has started to target new markets after benefiting from the installation of its first Agfa press.

Scottish print apprentices honoured at awards
The importance of apprentices to the future of the print industry in Scotland has been recognised across the sector in the eighth annual Scottish Print Apprentice of the Year awards.

Royal Mail ballot underway at last
The ballot of CWU members working at Royal Mail has opened today, almost a month after it was suspended due to a “culture of imposition” at the postal operator.