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Bates: "Welcoming new members on board is always a pleasure"
Body broadens reach

Two Sides signs up three new members

Print and paper advocacy group Two Sides has welcomed a trio of new members – CPI, the Sheet Plant Association, and Greener Mail.

Law Print works with a global network of accredited packaging manufacturers and suppliers
Company is based in Stockport

Law Print sold to Thai packaging group

Print and packaging management company Law Print has been sold to Thai packaging group SCG Packaging (SCGP).

Switches some customers from post to paper-free

Lloyds takes 'precautionary step' over paper statements

Lloyds Bank has taken the unusual step of switching some customer to online statements because of unspecified issues with issuing normal paper statements – apparently connected to problems at its...

Platinum Award winners announced

JICMail launches Discovery 3.0 and highlights best practice cases

JICMail, the joint industry currency for ad mail, launched the latest update to its Discovery tool while users shared ways they use the data at a breakfast event held in London yesterday (1 November).

First role was office junior

Gill Tress celebrates 40 years at SF Taylor

Gill Tress, business services director at commercial printer SF Taylor, has celebrated her 40th year at the 97-year-old Stockport firm.

A third of e-commerce vendors are looking to build stronger relationships with packaging suppliers
One in four packaging shipments late

Packaging supply chain “old fashioned”, say half of e-commerce firms

E-commerce companies in the UK are losing an average of £150,000 annually to packaging waste, according to a new report, with half calling the packaging supply chain “old fashioned.”

'This business is still all about people'

Nick Gee to retire next year

Denmaur co-founder Nick Gee will retire at the end of the firm’s current financial year, after four decades at the paper and board merchant.

Swinson-Bulloughs (C): It's great to see young people grow with the company
Four

Imageco completes hiring round

Imageco, the Leeds wide-format printer, has completed a hiring round that expanded the firm by 20% to 24.

$5m of business closed

Printing United 'will continue to raise the bar'

Printing United Expo has “set a new benchmark for the printing industry” according to show organisers who have declared the show a resounding success.

Next's Veloblade has helped the team run its double-shift pattern smoothly
Reliability was key

Next buys Vivid digital cutter

British retail giant Next has invested in a Veloblade Nexus digital cutting table and Zip Core Packaging Suite from Vivid Laminating Technologies.

Chouhan: if we’re busy, then it means others are busy too
Machine set for February 2024 installation

CMS to install fourth CMC paper wrap machine

Central Mailing Services (CMS) has invested close to £1m on its fourth CMC paper wrap machine to boost its capacity and capabilities.

Reel Appeal boss Barry Lewis (centre) wanted to secure inkjet production
Trade printer eyes growth

Reel Appeal doubles capacity with Durst Tau

Trade label printer Reel Appeal bought a brand-new Durst Tau RSCi at Brussels’ Labelexpo event, effectively doubling the company’s print capacity.

Jacobs has a history of scaling smaller businesses through acquisition
Footprint is looking to buy several businesses

Footprint steps up acquisition strategy with rebrand

Southampton-based commercial printer Footprint South has rebranded as Footprint, and folded in its sister company FPS Digital in preparation for an aggressive expansion strategy.

Next year’s events will run with a set of straplines
Amsterdam RAI will host 2024 events

Fespa goes live with 2024 campaign

The straplines for Fespa Global Print Expo 2024 and its co-located events have been revealed.

'Further strengthens' group's efforts

Heidelberg joins UN sustainable business scheme

Heidelberg has signed up to the United Nation’s Global Compact scheme for sustainable and responsible corporate governance.