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Ink manufacturer fined over worker’s death

Ink manufacturing company Gardiner Colours has been fined £66,000 over health and safety failings after a worker died when he was crushed by a varnish silo.

Williams Press (Berks) closes its doors

Commercial printer Williams Press (Berks) has fallen into administration, resulting in the loss of 62 jobs.

Vision Paper & Board to stock PankaBrite boxboard

Paper merchant and converter Vision Paper & Board, part of the Middleton Paper Group, has announced a new partnership with PankaBoard which will see it become the exclusive UK sheeter of its...

Woodgate-Loydor buys secondhand SM 74 CD

Commercial printer Woodgate-Loydor has invested around £310,000 in a secondhand five-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster SM 74 CD to enable it to expand its service offerings and boost its capacity.

PrintWeek launches cover design competition

PrintWeek has launched a design competition for the cover of our Power of Print supplement and is asking its readers to decide on the winning cover.

Antalis to stock Arjowiggins’ Satimat silk paper range

Arjowiggins Graphic has announced that Antalis UK is to exclusively stock and distribute its Satimat silk paper range throughout the UK and Ireland.

New venture for Dunstall

Former Global MP and Prospect Mailing Services owner Kevin Dunstall has a new interest in a print-related business.

Picon appoints new CEO as Tim Webb steps down

Picon has appointed Bettine Pellant to its most senior executive post following chief executive Tim Webb's decision to step down after eight years in the role.

Kube Print continues investment drive with Challenge three-knife trimmer

Financial print specialist Kube Print has added to its recent £400,000 round of investments after taking delivery of a Challenge CMT-330 three-knife trimmer.

Pureprint buys Imprint Group following BGF investment

Uckfield-based digital and litho printer Pureprint has acquired a majority shareholding in Newcastle upon Tyne-based Imprint Group for an undisclosed sum.

European Commission fines envelope cartel €19.5m

Five envelope manufacturers, including the owner of Blackburn-based Heritage Envelopes, have been fined a total of €19.5m by the European Commission (EC) for breaching EU antitrust rules.

Smith & Ouzman found guilty in corruption trial

Smith & Ouzman (S&O) and two of its directors have been found guilty of making corrupt payments to secure print contracts in Kenya and Mauritania.

Communisis acquires Life Marketing Consultancy in £23.3m deal

Communisis has completed its latest acquisition, of shopper marketing agency Life Marketing Consultancy, in a deal that could reach £23.3m over three years.

Former Kodak boss Baber passes away

Terry Baber, the former managing director of Kodak’s graphic arts business in the UK, has died. He was 72.

Industry mourns passing of Friedheim's Morris

Friedheim International’s former chief executive Peter Morris has passed away after losing a long battle with cancer.