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DS Smith manufactures all of its boxes from recycled material

Cardboard shortage expected to settle down quickly

Small retailers and printers have reported struggles in getting hold of cardboard boxes for deliveries due to a raft of factors hitting the supply chain, but the Confederation of Paper Industries...

Dodgy doings dominate January

Shady goings on took the top spots in January’s list of most-read stories, but it wasn’t all bad news with investments from high-profile players in kit and people also getting their fair share of...

Benpac: successful implementation had to be called into question

Benpac: why the Gallus deal failed

Benpac Holding has blamed “resistance” from the Gallus operations and the market in general, conflicts over future co-operation, and negative media reports for its decision not to complete its...

Winsor: "We are seeing the demand for folding work growing"

BFE updates finishing with double Morgana purchase

Business Forms Express (BFE) has bolstered its existing portfolio of Morgana kit with the purchase of two more machines – an AutoFold Pro and an EBA 6660 guillotine.

Winners will be announced at a virtual awards ceremony in June

Stationers’ Innovation Excellence Awards returns for 2021

The Stationers’ Company has launched its 2021 Innovation Excellence Awards, the first since 2019 as the scheme was postponed last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus has impacted every corner of society

ONS reveals Covid impact on print workers

Recent figures from the Office for National Statistics have revealed the level of Covid-related deaths across the print industry.

HH Global: trading between March-September 2020 was “resilient”

HH results reflect 'momentous' year

Sales at HH Global continued their upward trajectory in the group’s latest results, with margins also increasing – although exceptional costs and share-based payment expenses complicated the bottom...

Gallus: wholly owned by Heidelberg since 2014

Heidelberg: Gallus sale falls through

Heidelberg’s deal to sell Gallus Group to Benpac Holding has fallen through at the eleventh hour, after the scheduled €120m (£106m) payment for the business failed to materialise.

Arjobex has a UK base in Clacton-on-Sea. Image: Google Maps

Arjobex acquires MDV Group

Arjobex Synthetic Papers has acquired Germany-based specialty papers and films manufacturer and coater MDV Group.

Next: online sales and keeping warehouses in action came to fore last year

Next boosts in-house print op with Ricoh spend

Retailer Next has gone public with details about how its latest spend on Ricoh kit for its in-house print department helped the business adapt to Covid-19 trading restrictions.

An estimated 202 million printed books were sold in the UK in 2020

Printed book sales pass 200m in 2020 despite pandemic

More than 200 million printed books were sold in the UK last year for the first time since 2012, despite the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

All Bank of England banknotes are switching over to polymer

De La Rue confirms polymer expansion

De La Rue has announced plans to create up to 70 new jobs as it expands its polymer banknote material production in the UK.

New Alphadrum will have 20 fully-automatic slitter knives

Colombier adds packaging conversion

Colombier UK is adding to its specialist conversion services with a substantial investment in a new coiler/rewinder for packaging grades that can produce narrow reels down to 50mm.

Beese with DecTek's second Titanium cutter

DecTek pivots again with new packaging offering

DecTek is pivoting into short-run packaging production with a substantial investment in additional space and new kit, including its third Titanium cutter.

Medica Packaging was established in 1922

MBO at Medica Packaging

A management buyout team has completed a deal at pharmaceutical and healthcare packaging specialist Medica Packaging.