Print buying

Sales at Walstead have breached the €500m barrier but profits are down after the group battled against falling print budgets and rising paper prices last year.

UPM plans to take out around 155,000 tonnes of magazine paper capacity by closing down a paper machine at its Plattling mill in Bavaria.

Writtle Holdings has returned to the point-of-sale printing arena with Magnet Harlequin Group’s acquisition of Showcard Print.

HH Global has been awarded the contract to manage the Census Print and Post contract following a competitive tender process as part of the Crown Commercial Service’s 3785 (Managed Print and Digital...

The failure of the biggest Arjowiggins mill in France has resulted in knock-on job losses in the UK.

Williams Lea Tag (WLT) is revamping its offering by splitting into two business units: Williams Lea and Tag, with a new CEO taking the helm at Williams Lea.

Paper merchant Elliott Baxter (EBB) has expanded its digital offering after adding the Invercote Digital range to its portfolio.

Service Graphics owed unsecured creditors more than £7.5m when it went into administration at the beginning of the year.

The Arjowiggins site in Bessé-sur-Braye will go into liquidation, leading to the loss of 580 jobs, while a sale has been agreed for the Château-Thierry plant alongside a partial sale of the Bourray...

Arjowiggins staff at the paper manufacturer’s French plants continue to await a decision on the sale of the business, as the court delays its decision once again.

Administrators at the Arjowiggins UK operations are working with a preferred bidder for a large part of the business and hope to conclude a deal next month.

Antalis is “driving the process” of selling on major shareholder Sequana’s shares as the paper group files for bankruptcy and long-time supplier Arjowiggins goes into administration.