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Brand Packaging in Salford has ordered a 2.5m Rotomec 4000-2ES nine-unit gravure press to cope with its expanding business.

St Ives financial printing division, Burrups, is three-quarters of the way through a consultation to make 10% of its London staff redundant due to tough conditions in the financial print sector.

The pulp and paper industry could face a lack of wood as a raw material in coming decades, with Europe looking at a potential shortfall of around 50m cubic metres per year by 2020.

Polestar Chantry in Wakefield has printed 70,000 copies each of two new magazines for TV series <i>Pop Stars: The Rivals</i>.

The Lincolnshire Publishing Company has made 25 redundancies after increased demand for colour led to the printing of its supplements and weekly titles being switched to its sister Northcliffe company...

The UK print and paper industry could suffer from the implications of further environmental legislation after European Union environment ministers agreed to create the worlds first international...

Cradley Group plans to lay off 50 staff in a bid to make straightforward efficiency improvements.

DS Smiths packaging arm contributed to an increase in the groups turnover and pre-tax profit for the six months to October.

Fillmore Packaging in Norwich has paid a six-figure sum for the assets of Smethwick-based Hoods Paper and Packaging, which went into voluntary liquidation in October.

Garnett Dickinson Print has invested 750,000 in equipment at its Rotherham plant, including a new eight-station Muller Martini Prima stitcher.

Global Graphics has released Eclipse, the first major upgrade of the Harlequin RIP since it bought Harlequin out of administration in 1999.

Nottingham-based Hawthornes Printers has put the first non-member of the founding Hawthorne family in overall charge of the business for the first time in its 107-year history.

Heidelberg has confirmed it will exhibit at Northprint in May after deciding not to attend Aprils Print UK, which is looking increasingly unlikely to happen.

ICSM, the credit checking specialist, has expanded its services in Scotland after reaching agreement with the Scottish Print Employers Federation (SPEF) to bring its 100-plus member companies on...

Johnston Press 40m upgrade to its Goss presses at Northampton, Peterborough, Scarborough and Falkirk has accounted for a 2.8% increase in advertising revenues.