Design Plus Plus in Karur has targetted China as one of the countries for export of tags. The company has exported five shipments in the recent past - each shipment comprises 250 kgs.

Uteco Converting, Ebeam Technologies and Inx Digital International have joined forces to develop a new digital packaging line for the mass-personalisation of food packaging.

Williams Lea Tag is laying off around 100 staff, as speculation mounts that news about the sell-off of the business could be imminent.

Tag has set up an inplant repro house at advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather.

KitKat is set to give away more than 55,000 printed personalised packs featuring photos and names of competition-winners.

Williams Lea Tag owner Deutsche Post DHL is understood to have completed a number of key steps needed to facilitate the sale of the business.

Speculation is rife about who will head up Tag Worldwide following the imminent departure of chief executive Steve Parish and commercial director Richard Jameson.

Steve Parish, chief executive of Tag Worldwide, will step down at the end of this calendar year to pursue "other interests outside of the business".

Tag Worldwide plans to expand further following the appointment of Electronic Solutions managing director David Russell.

Anton Direct in Brentwood is focusing its efforts on personalisation with investment in a Scitex 6240 digital printer and a four-unit Flexomailer TD 112 with B1 personalisation from Heidelberg.