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Xerox's sales increased slightly in Q2
Supports Reinvention strategy

Xerox expands IT Services presence with $400m acquisition

Xerox has agreed to acquire ITsavvy, a US provider of integrated IT products and associated services, for $400m (£307m).

(L-R) Dean Stayne from IFS and Paul McGuigan from Pyramid Press with the new Horizon machine
Next-generation saddle-stitching system

Pyramid Press increases flexibility with Horizon install

Pyramid Press has increased its production flexibility to meet greater demand for short-run fast turnaround print following investment in a Horizon iCE StitchLiner Mark IV.

Admins appointed

CB Printforce UK shuttered

On-demand book and journal printer CB Printforce UK has gone into administration.

Duraweld's Samed has already completed a mammoth job of 350,000 covers
Canon Arizona and Samed paper-over-board machine

Duraweld fires up run lengths with new kit

Custom stationery and packaging manufacturer Duraweld has fired up its in-house manufacturing capacity with a brand-new Canon Arizona 1380 GT flatbed printer and Samed Darix Turbo paper-over-board...

'Pleasing to see a joined-up approach'

BCF welcomes Industrial Strategy plans

The British Coatings Federation (BCF) has welcomed proposals outlined in the government’s new Industrial Strategy Green Paper.

The event saw Parkside open its doors to thought leaders from across the packaging sector
Future of flexible packaging discussed

Parkside holds circularity-focused open day as Recycle Week continues

Parkside marked the beginning of Recycle Week by hosting an open day at its headquarters focused on inspiring the future of circular flexible packaging.

Mapping agency contract

Ordnance Survey goes live with tender worth up to £25m

A tender with a value that could reach around £25m to produce Ordnance Survey (OS) paper maps has gone live.

Stora Enso is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. Image: Stora Enso
President and CEO speaks out

Stora Enso comments on postponement of payments to suppliers

Stora Enso’s president and CEO has commented after it was revealed that the company postponed payments to some suppliers by one week in the last weeks of June and September this year.

Swizzels: eye-catching box option
New option for consumers

Swizzels trials paperboard container

Popular retro sweet brand Swizzels is trialling a new paperboard box for its Sweet Shop Favourites selection, produced by Affinity Packaging.

Topic Heroes allows children to write their book digitally, then prints it for them for free
Charity drive for custom-printed books

Literacy charity calls on print sector to help children read

Topic Heroes, a children’s literacy charity that allows children to write and create their own professionally printed books, has launched a crowd funder to help it reach more children.

Demand weaker than expected

UPM warns on profits

UPM has issued a profit warning for the full year due to a decrease in pulp prices and lower deliveries “in most businesses”.

The line was up and running at nearly full capacity two weeks after startup
Laminating line weighs 110 tonnes

Oppboga Bruk starts up new mega production line

Swedish producer of multiply paperboard Oppboga Bruk has inaugurated its new KLM3 production line – the company’s biggest investment in more than 50 years.

Deal requires changes at Malta factory

De La Rue agrees £300m Authentication sale

De La Rue has agreed to sell its Authentication division to US giant Crane NXT in a £300m deal that will help the group shore up its finances and tackle its pension obligations.

Sharon Williams (bottom centre): employee ownership was a long-held ambition
Security and certainty for employees

Gwasg Pia moves to employee ownership

Braille print and accessible format media company Gwasg Pia has transitioned into employee ownership, nearly 40 years after it was founded as a cooperative in 1985.

Digital revenue up 2.5% in Q3

Reach print revenue falls

Reach has seen its print revenue drop by nearly 4% year-on-year in Q3 – although print advertising revenue has continued to outperform volume declines.