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Cimpress creates Vista brand family, buys DIY design platform
Cimpress has announced a new over-arching parent brand – Vista – for VistaPrint and its sister businesses, and a fresh acquisition.
Autumn budget: industry reacts
Business leaders and employee representatives have reacted to Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s second budget of 2021.
Heidelberg CEO to step down, successor appointed
Heidelberg CEO Rainer Hundsdörfer is to step down at the end of the financial year, and will be succeeded by another industry outsider – a long-standing Zeiss executive – in April 2022.
Places filling fast at BBD&P Awards
With less than two weeks until the gala dinner for the 2021 British Book Design and Production Awards (BBD&PA), hosted by television and radio broadcaster Penny Smith, the BPIF has said that with only...
Industry associates mourn Martyn Elmy
Friends and former colleagues have paid tribute to Martyn Elmy, who has died aged 65.
Clays adds first Heidelberg to press hall
Clays has installed its first Heidelberg sheetfed press with a highly-specified XL106 model sourced by Exel Printing Machinery.
Brand Consortia re-equips to target growth
Sign and graphics specialist Brand Consortia has installed a SwissQprint Nyala 3 flatbed hybrid as it looks to target growth with new applications and an expansion into indoor graphics and POS...
IG warns on profits due to supply chain crisis
IG Design Group's share price has slumped after the group issued a profit warning due to the impact of supply chain disruption and input cost increases.
Pro Carton hires industry big hitter to take it to the next level
Pro Carton has appointed a new general manager, a seasoned industry big hitter, following the retirement of Tony Hitchin last month after five years in the role.
Essentra refocuses, packaging ops likely to be sold off
Essentra plans to become a “pure play” components business, meaning its Filters and Packaging divisions are likely to be sold off.
ACA subsidiary shuttered
Directors at ACA Group have put part of the business into liquidation due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the ending of the furlough scheme.
Whittington Moor expands capacity with Horizon spend
Commercial printer Whittington Moor Printing has installed a Horizon StitchLiner MK III to increase its production capacity and enhance its service delivery.
DS Smith boss calls for recycling reform
DS Smith CEO Miles Roberts has called for the UK’s fragmented recycling systems to be standardised – and for there to be separate collections for paper and card – in order to plug a recycling gap that...
Xaar's 3D sale is approved
Xaar shareholders have approved the firm’s plans to sell its stake in 3D printing business Xaar 3D.
Print Hackathon seeks future-proofing ideas
The European Graphic Arts Hackathon, set for next week, is inviting teams to submit ideas that will help shape the future of the print and graphic arts sector.