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Creditors owed millions by failed YM firms
YM Group owed Pricoa £51m when its three web offset businesses collapsed into administration in March, and while YM’s directors are yet to provide a statement of affairs the initial estimates from...

Soyang Europe acquires Josero
Digitally printable media manufacturer Soyang Europe has expanded its offering after acquiring wide-format equipment dealer Josero.

Huge investment planned for Shotton
Shotton Paper Mill’s new owners are investing £600m to transform the site into “one of the world’s most technologically advanced paper mills”.

Hollywood Monster supports demand with EFI install
Hollywood Monster has installed an EFI Vutek Q5r from CMYUK to help it cope with increasing demand and a buoyant order book.

Unite members to strike at SunChem plants
Unite the Union is poised to begin industrial action across Sun Chemical’s UK ink plants in a row over pay that the union said could affect major packaging and newspaper groups.

Dropbox slammed for 'misleading claims' about paper
Dropbox has caused industry outrage after it sent out a greenwashing promo email encouraging people to use its services and stating, misleadingly, that “Less paper = more trees”.

Unburnable book set to be auctioned
Penguin Random House has created a one-off ‘unburnable’ edition of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale that will be auctioned for charity.

Returning packaging show highlights innovation in sustainability
Packaging Innovations returned to Birmingham’s NEC earlier this week – more than two years after its last outing snuck in a month before the first Covid lockdown hit in early 2020 – and was warmly...

Walstead to reopen York Mailing
Walstead Group will restart the York Mailing site next month as it tests the waters over customer demand in the commercial web market.

National World looking for more buys
Publisher National World has said it is “pursuing acquisition opportunities to build scale and enhance shareholder value” while stronger yields have mitigated challenging market conditions.

Pindar factory up for sale
The former Pindar Scarborough press hall has been put up for sale by its owners.

Springfield Solutions in Actega UK first
Springfield Solutions has been revealed as the first digital printing beta testing partner for Actega’s EcoLeaf technology.

Kingfisher Labels doubles down on Edale FL1 Prime
Kingfisher Labels has bought a second Edale FL1 Prime label printer after buying one last autumn.

De La Rue warns on outlook
De La Rue has just scraped in at the lower end of its downgraded profit forecast, and has flagged that supply chain inflation will crimp its performance in the coming year.

Historic house for sale after printer-publisher acquisition
An Edwardian seaside house and printworks will be stripped of its antique machinery and sold after printer-publisher AH Stockwell was bought by Andrews UK (AUK).