‘A new era for printing on cardboard’
Cast your mind back to Drupa 2016, and the plethora of inkjet systems for printing onto corrugated board that were either on show, or being talked about as future products.
That’s a relief: make the most of your allowances
It’s well known that tax law is unclear, if not impenetrable. What is less well known is how much it’s grown in recent years. In 2009, UK tax law stood at 11,520 pages . But by 2016, it comprised...
Learning how to swim with the big fish
Mercian Labels is moving upwards and outwards. Two months ago the business upped sticks at its Derby operation and shifted it 40 miles to its headquarters in Burntwood, Staffordshire. This was a bold...
At the cutting edge: slicing and dicing at lightspeed
Up until a couple of years ago laser cutting was considered a niche part of the print market. Most printers would send out this intricate finishing work to a handful of specialist laser companies that...
Colour Graphics in £700k wide-format spend
Colour Graphics has invested around £700,000 on new wide-format machinery to bring in new business and ramp up its turnover by 25% in the next year.
RDD Creative makes first move into print
POS and instore specialist RDD Creative has brought printing in-house with the installation of an Anapurna FB2540i LED from Agfa.
Agfa Q1 results hit by strong euro
Agfa has reported declines in both its revenue and gross profit in the first quarter of 2018.
Heidelberg reiterates growth targets despite sales slip
Heidelberg chief executive Rainer Hundsdörfer has described his €3bn turnover target as “increasingly within our grasp”, despite the group posting a drop in sales its preliminary results.
Xerox appeals court order
Xerox’s board has launched an appeal against the court order that put a temporary bar on its proposed sale to Fujifilm, in a move that has provoked further outrage from shareholders Darwin Deason and...
Mondi poised to close Scunthorpe site
More than 70 jobs are at risk after Mondi launched a consultation over the closure of its Scunthorpe flexible packaging plant.
Trinity shareholders approve name change as revenues fall
Trinity Mirror will change its name to Reach next week after shareholders overwhelmingly backed the rebrand at the group’s Annual General Meeting, but sales at the publishing company have continued to...
Further twist in Xerox takeover saga
The Xerox-Fujifilm saga has taken yet another twist – Xerox’s board remains in place after the settlement agreement expired yesterday, to the fury of dissident shareholders Darwin Deason and Carl...