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Agfa Offset Solutions preps for independence, focus on customer value
Agfa Offset Solutions is readying a new name for its future as a standalone business.
Some eras end while others are reborn in November’s listicle
The month’s list of Printweek’s most read stories is top ‘n’ tailed by a major player calling it a day at its UK operation while another leading light welcomes a new era as it changes hands.
Premier expands with specialist packaging buy
Premier Paper Group has acquired a specialist packaging and retail display supplier that began life with a £5,000 loan from the Prince’s Trust and now has sales of nearly £20m.
The Printed Gift Shop expands into B2B
Personalised gift printer The Printed Gift Shop (TPGS) has taken its first step into large-format B2B work by installing a Mimaki UCJV300-160 1.6m-wide roll-to-roll UV LED printer.
Future Print Leeds upgrades print room
Future Print Leeds has refreshed its production setup with two new Konica Minolta devices.
Agfa to increase Digital Print & Chemicals prices
Agfa is set to implement double-digit price increases across its Digital Print & Chemicals portfolio worldwide, effective 1 January 2023.
ESP Group acquired in MBO deal
ESP Group has been acquired in a management buyout (MBO) deal and has ambitious growth plans to be achieved both organically and through acquisition.
Vanguard Digital eyes growth with new European HQ
Durst has opened a new HQ and customer demo centre for the European operation of its US subsidiary Vanguard Digital Printing Systems Corp.
Prinovis news shifts supplier landscape
Continental printers are hoping to pick up work as a result of next year’s closure of Prinovis UK – while Walstead Group expects that many of the products currently printed gravure will transition to...
Specialist corrugated and cartonboard show to return in 2023
The sixth international exhibition for the corrugated and folding carton industry is set to return in March.
Corrugated workers accept 8% pay deal
Industrial action by Unite members at DS Smith and Smurfit Kappa has been averted after workers accepted an improved pay deal.
Drupa hits 100k milestone and confident for 2024
The first in-person Drupa exhibition in eight years has had over 100,000sqm of floor space booked by around 900 exhibitors so far, according to organisers.
Royal Mail CEO warns on strike action
Royal Mail boss Simon Thompson has warned CWU leadership to “reflect on saving Christmas and their members’ jobs” amid ongoing strike action at the group.
Printers take part in more muted Black Friday
Many printers and related companies have got involved with this year’s Black Friday event, which could be a quieter affair than usual due to the cost-of-living crisis, ongoing postal strikes, and...
Party Décor upgrades digital cutting
Party Décor has enhanced its digital cutting capability with the installation of a new PFi Blade B2+ cutting table.