Review of 2021: July

NPS owners acquired healthcare business in strategic move
NPS owners acquired healthcare business in strategic move

Our annual roundup of all the big stories from around the UK printing industry in the past 12 months.

On-demand printing and fulfilment specialist Printful announced it was to open two new European fulfilment centres, including one in Wolverhampton as well as in Lodz, Poland... A new wide-format printing business, Cactus Graphics, was launched from the heritage of Buckland Media Group, after it ceased trading following the retirement of its co-owners... ProAmpac made its fourth UK acquisition of the year: Grimsby-based Ultimate Packaging. The US-headquartered group’s UK business now has sales of more than £160m... Duncan Print Group acquired Bridger Packaging to support its strategy to grow its packaging business to £10m annual sales... The Stationers’ Company elected what is believed to be its first Master from the print machinery supplier fraternity, Kolbus UK chairman Robert Flather... Newcastle Print Solutions Group added a healthcare business, Caremore Services, to its growing group after print clients wanted them to source PPE items... Six fire engines were called out to TFW Group’s premises in Woolwich, south-east London in the early hours of the morning of Sunday 18 July after a fire broke out in containers of wastepaper and cardboard stored outside... Independent packaging supplier UPAC Group formalised a four-day working week for its staff, following extensive research and trials... Webmart launched a new brand, Enviromail, that aimed to mitigate the impact mailing has on the environment...