Elliott Baxter & Co became the biggest merchant supplier of board in the country after acquiring Warren Board from its retiring owners... Three members of an organised crime group were jailed for conspiracy to print over £12m of counterfeit cash... AR Packaging bought Firstan to bolster its UK presence... An MBO was completed at pharmaceutical and healthcare packaging specialist Medica Packaging... The BPIF appointed its current vice president Ian Wilton as its new president. Wilton, operations director at communications agency CDS, succeeded outgoing president Darren Coxon, managing director at Pensord... US group ProAmpac expanded its presence in the UK and Europe with the acquisition of food specialist Rapid Action Packaging... Commercial printer Allander Print fell into administration and closed with the loss of 40 jobs... PFI Group acquired Creative Digital Images out of administration on the same day that joint administrators were appointed to 36-staff CDI... Wolverhampton-based apparel personalisation fulfilment business Slick Stitch acquired garment and textiles printing specialist Mad Print... Navistar Direct Marketing, based in Maryland, US, found itself embroiled in the storming of the US Congress by supporters of President Trump, after one of its employees was pictured among the mob wearing a company lanyard... The Stationers’ Company launched its 2021 Innovation Excellence Awards, the first since 2019 as the scheme was postponed in 2020... More than 200 million printed books were sold in the UK during 2020, for the first time since 2012, despite the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, according to figures from Nielsen BookScan. Figures showed an estimated growth of the UK book market in 2020 of 5.2% by volume, equating a value of £1.76bn, up 5.5% on 2019...