Baker Labels expands into pouches
Baker Labels is entering the pouch market with a new brand and a £2m spend on equipment and...
Label & Packaging News
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Trade body 'deplores' US tariffs on print
European trade federation Intergraf has hit out against the inclusion of printed matter in the...
Miraclon bullish on flexo prospects
Fresh setup Miraclon aims to “lead the transformation of the packaging business” with its...
Macfarlane set for second 2019 acquisition after 'solid' H1
Macfarlane Group has seen a slight rise in sales for H1 2019 despite difficult conditions in certain...
Reflex sponsors cycling squad to stage race success
Reflex Group is set to officially launch its cycle racing teams in the UK and France following...
OPM invests in enhanced Nilpeter FA4
OPM Group has installed a 14-colour Nilpeter FA4 flexo press with inline finishing to enhance its...
Midland Regional Printers acquires LabelServe
Midland Regional Printers (MRP) has expanded its service offering after acquiring label printing...
CS Labels concludes Xeikon beta with purchase
CS Labels is set to buy the Xeikon CX500 web-fed digital press it has been beta testing since the...
60 seconds with Bootyman Print & Packaging
Founded in 1914 by William Bootyman – hence the name – the firm was a high street printer for 77...
Reflex buys administration-hit Fusion
Reflex Labels has bought Fusion Flexibles in a pre-pack administration deal after the packaging...
Mark Andy acquires Kluge in latest consolidation play
Acquisitive Label and packaging press manufacturer Mark Andy has bought post-press and packaging kit...
Danaher firms team up for workflow integration
A new integrated workflow combining know-how from four Danaher-owned companies is promising users...
Handy targets 100m labels with digital spend
Handy Labels is looking to upgrade its digital firepower to help it cross the 100-million-labels...
Coveris nearing completion of £2m labels upgrade
Global packaging giant Coveris has delivered updates on its near-complete £2m labels division...
Multi-Color completes Constantia buy
US-headquartered global label giant Multi-Color Corporation has completed its acquisition of...
Bobst launches M8
Bobst has premiered an upgraded flexo press, the M8 flexible packaging line, at LabelExpo.
Global Graphics rolls out Harlequin with new machines
Print software developer Global Graphics has partnered with HP and Durst to use its Harlequin RIP to...
Macfarlane chair to step down
Alongside its H1 financial results, packaging firm Macfarlane Group has announced that its chairman...
Reflex acquires WyPrint
Reflex Group has acquired in-mould label (IML) specialist West Yorkshire Printing Company (WyPrint),...
Briefing
Xerox bid could go any which way
Will they, or won’t they? As this issue of Printweek headed off to press, Xerox and HP were still...
Print’s supply chain is greening up
The wider world and its leaders are finally waking up to the idea, thanks to numerous respected,...
Poor personalisation forecast could prove wide of the mark
If Gartner is to be believed, 80% of marketers are set to abandon the use of personalisation over...
Knowledge bank
60 seconds with Bootyman Print & Packaging
Founded in 1914 by William Bootyman – hence the name – the firm was a high street printer for 77...
Label novices must learn to roll with it
There's no denying it: one of the biggest stories to emerge from last year's Drupa was that digital...
Me & My
Me & my: Edale FL3
In 1996, Martin Jackson purchased a Mark Andy three-colour flexo press for his fledgling...
Star Product
Star product: Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 102
Heidelberg's high-volume, flexible general purpose simplex offset press.
Technical Feature
Taming colour’s Wild West
Most wide-format printers are capable of producing a very wide colour gamut so that it’s relatively...