Report & Accounts Printer of the Year: CPI Colour

The run lengths of report and accounts may be getting shorter, but in many cases their pagination is getting bigger. What hasn’t changed are the exacting standards of the companies that want their...

Social Stationery Printer of the Year: Windles Group

There can be no better endorsement of Windles’ entry than the comments of one judge who said “where can I buy their cards – I need them!” The company’s “bright and enticing cards” run a vast gamut of...

Luxury Packaging Printer of the Year: Pureprint Group

The presentation packaging Pureprint produced for Urs Fischer Paintings oozed luxury, but creating it wasn’t a straightforward process.

Can print blaze a trail to close the succession gap?

The old-fashioned printer is something of an endangered species. Following the financial crisis hundreds of skilled print jobs were lost in the industry as companies consolidated or fell by the...

Cascade in Matrix foiling install

The Cascade Group has installed a Matrix Metallic to expand its foiling capabilities.

Miraclon launches second flexo plate manufacturing line

Flexo technology specialist Miraclon has opened its second flexo plate manufacturing line, in the US.

Northwolds supports major contract renewal with press and premises revamp

Northwolds Print Works is eyeing further growth after investing £320,000 in refreshing its litho setup and creating a new mezzanine level at its factory to support a renewed contract with its largest...

Stora Enso changes put 135 jobs at risk

Stora Enso is planning to make organisational changes in its Paper division following the conversion of its Oulu Mill in Finland, which could see as many as 135 jobs lost.

Adare SEC appoints new chief digital and information officer

Integrated communications specialist Adare SEC has taken on Andrew Herd as its new chief digital and information officer.

Concentrate on contracts to make debtors pay up

According to risk manager Atradius in its October 2018 Payment Practices Barometer, the UK has the highest proportion of overdue invoices in Europe at a staggering 48.7%. The next worst is France at...

Encore Group expands team with eight new hires

The Encore Group has bolstered its team with the addition of eight new staff for its Envelopes and Packaging Solutions divisions.

Packaging firm fined after employee loses fingers

A packaging company has been fined after a worker’s hand was damaged carrying out machinery repairs.