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Aquatint upgrades with Xerox investment
Aquatint has taken on a Xerox iGen5 with FreeFlow Core software to increase its productivity and quality and improve and automate its workflows.
UK Bookbinders brings case binding in-house as business booms
A Kolbus DA 260 casemaker and an automated ribbon inserter are the latest in a string of machinery investments made by Weston-super-Mare-based UK Bookbinders since the start of the coronavirus...
Delta buys Odessa and says more M&A to come
Delta Group has acquired Odessa UK out of its CVA, safeguarding circa 40 jobs and bolstering the flexibility of the group’s outdoor offering as it looks to double sales.
Sun Chemical to increase prices
Sun Chemical is increasing prices across its entire portfolio of packaging, commercial sheetfed, and screen inks, coatings, consumables, and adhesives in the EMEA region, effective immediately or as...
UPM earnings back to pre-pandemic levels
Sales at UPM were up 14% to nearly €10bn (£8.33bn) last year in what CEO Jussi Pesonen described as a “strong year” for the overall group, although its Communication Papers business remained...
Kellmatt upgrades folding with Morgana
Kellmatt has upgraded its folding by investing in a Morgana DigiFold Pro XL.
IG Design Group shares halve after further profit warning
IG Design Group has issued a profit warning and will not pay a final dividend after supply chain issues resulted in extra costs fulfilling Christmas orders. It is also reviewing costs at its US...
Opus Trust to exit Nottingham operation
Omnichannel communications specialist Opus Trust Communications is set to exit its Nottingham site by the end of December 2022, with a number of jobs at risk of redundancy.
Fujifilm bolsters digital ambitions with big hire
Fujifilm has hired an industry big hitter to spearhead its attack on the cutsheet toner market after its split from Xerox.
DCS London wins global Xerox award
DCS London has scooped first place in its category in the 2021 global Xerox Best of the Best Awards.
Directors fined over asbestos removal
Two directors of a now-defunct specialist printing business have been fined over safety breaches related to asbestos removal.
Intergraf: Spiralling paper prices and shortages damaging print
Rising paper prices and lack of availability is stymying the print industry’s pandemic bounce back and is likely to cause permanent damage according to Intergraf, which has issued a plea for the paper...
Flint Group to implement more price rises
Flint Group’s Offset Packaging Solutions (OPS) and Commercial Publication Web (CPW) divisions are set to announce further price increases.
Royal Mail to cut 700 managers
Royal Mail is expecting to reduce its management headcount by around 700 and has reported bumper recent absences caused by the Omicron Covid wave that has led to delivery delays.
Historic paper mill hit by fire
Historic Frogmore Paper Mill was damaged by a large fire over the weekend, with a teenager subsequently arrested on suspicion of arson.