The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the merger between Irish business Smurfit Kappa Group and US company WestRock.

Vehicle and livery firm Wednesbury Car & Commercials (WCC) has begun printing in-house after taking delivery of a Mimaki JV300-160plus printer-cutter from CMYUK.

A mailing services contract worth £3m is among the recently listed tenders currently available via the government’s Contracts Finder and Find a Tender services.

Entrepreneur Anil Shani has officially taken the reins at Fastsigns Milton Keynes and has shared his growth plans to further support local businesses.

PepsiCo Europe has expanded its use of paper-based packaging on multipack products.

Bluetree Group has invested nearly £2m in the UK’s first Muller Martini Prinova Digital stitching lines – and its new Landa press will also be the country’s first S11P model.

Wide-format and promotional print specialist UK Printing Company (UKPC) has undergone a pre-pack sale to S43 Trading Limited, a new company set up by UKPC director Adam Robinson.

Canon’s groundbreaking photography exhibition ‘The World Unseen’ opened yesterday (4 April) at Somerset House in central London.

Bardon Group chairman Nigel Toplis has been made an honorary professional fellow of Lancaster University Management School for his decades-long contribution to its academic programme.

International Paper Company has provided an update on its possible offer for DS Smith, which would see the US company acquire DS Smith’s entire issued and to be issued share capital.