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Selsey Press rounds off big kit spend with DigiFold

Selsey Press celebrated its 50th anniversary recently by installing a DigiFold machine from Morgana Systems to round off a recent investment of around £750,000

Media Print Group claims print management carbon first

West Midlands-based print management company Media Print Group has achieved Carbon Balanced status, which certification partner PaperlinX believes makes it the the first UK print management company to...

Debut design competition from Benson Group

Benson Group has launched its first student design competition, which will involve budding designers creating packaging for one of its clients.

Signbox installs Durst Omega 2 LED UV

Signbox signed for a new Durst Omega 2 LED UV industrial roll-to-roll printer at Fespa last week.

ESP reverts to B1 and targets two-minute makereadies

ESP Colour has switched out its two B2 presses for one B1 in a 1.8m investment in a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 that will enable the company to target two-minute makereadies.

Four new colours added to Foamalux foam PVC range

Brett Martin has added four new colours to its Foamalux Colour range, which the company claimed makes it the widest range of coloured foam PVC materials available.

Final chapter of Aldersons story comes to an end

Centrical Technologies has closed its doors a little over eight months after it rose from the ashes of the collapsed Alderson Print Group.

Printers strike at Bootle packaging firm

The print unit at Merseyside-based Crown Speciality Packaging is in the midst of industrial action after management allegedly reneged on an agreed pay increase.

International Paper extends distribution contract with Warren Board

US paper giant International Paper (IP) has renewed its exclusive UK and Ireland distribution contract with Warren Board Sales while increasing its stock range.

Coatings Direct consolidates and aims to add services

Coatings Direct has consolidated its operations in East Anglia onto its main site in Harleston.

Alpine Press bought out of administration by founder

Alpine Press in Hertfordshire has been bought out of administration by its previous owner after the company was blighted by a spate of bed debt.

Door drops up 3.5%

The number of printed door drops increased for the first time in two years in 2012 reflecting a growth in expenditure.

AB Print Group boosts finishing arm and eyes growth

AB Print Group has ordered a Heidelberg Eurobind EB 600 perfect binder and Stahlfolder KH 66 as part of a 115,000 spend to bring perfect binding in house.

DS Smith to consolidate Multigraphics sites

DS Smith Packaging is proposing to move its Bradford-based retail and display and manufacturing arm, Multigraphics, into its Ely, Cambridgeshire facility.

Pureprint upgrades to six colour Indigo 10000

Pureprint Group is to become the first user in Europe to upgrade its HP Indigo 10000 from four to six colours.