
Solent Design Studio diversifies with Duplo installs
Investment in Duplo’s PFi Blade B2+ digital cutting table and DC-618 slitter/cutter/creaser has helped Solent Design Studio break into new markets.

Industry reacts to energy crisis
Soaring energy prices have seen yet another increase in overhead costs for printers, but for those whose contracts are coming to an end, the leap in prices has been enormous.

UPM strike: despair as union rejects proposals
Printers and print buyers are in despair after the Finnish Paperworkers' Union rejected the four UPM strike settlement proposals on the table – apparently due to the impasse at Communication Papers...

Daily Mail revamps Weekend
DMG Media will ‘relaunch’ the Daily Mail’s Weekend magazine this Saturday.

Shop stewards demand action at UPM Communication Papers
Chief shop stewards at UPM businesses have written an open letter to the firm’s CEO demanding that negotiations to resolve long-running strike action should be resumed immediately at its Communication...

EveryPage brings envelope insertion in-house with KAS spend
Digital printer EveryPage has invested in a Mailmaster Compact envelope inserter from KAS Paper Systems to bring the process in-house.

Vivid launches new taping system
Vivid Laminating Technologies has launched a new automatic tape applicator to increase automation and efficiency for users of its Veloblade Volta+ digital die-cutting systems.

YM web and bindery kit up for sale
Printing and post-press kit from YM’s Pindar and York Mailing sites is being offered for sale by private treaty.

Time Out to stop printing London edition
Media and hospitality business Time Out is set to cease printing the London edition of its free magazine at the end of June.

‘Phygital’ future for colour, say designers
The pandemic has powered a trend for colours and designs that transcend the borders between media, as UK designers gear up for a future where technology is integrated even closer into our daily lives,...

Ricoh adds DTF capability to DTG machines
Ricoh has made new retrofittable technology available for its Ri 1000 and Ri 2000 direct-to-garment (DTG) printers that will enable them to also output using the direct-to-film (DTF) method.

Paragon adds to packaging wing
Paragon Group has expanded its nascent packaging business with the acquisition of Dean Packaging.