Companies & suppliers

Smurfit Kappa Chelmsford in £5.5m kit spend
Smurfit Kappa Chelmsford has invested £5.5m in a Gopfert HBL machine to boost its print capability along with material handling for its conversion production areas.

HP’s Large Format business signs up to Printing Expo Online
HP Large Format Printing has opened a booth at Printing Expo Online, as the free virtual exhibition continues to expand.

UK GDPR replacement data laws unveiled
New data laws are being introduced by technology secretary Michelle Donelan today (8 March) in parliament that the government said will cut down pointless paperwork for businesses and reduce cookie...

Agfa revamp writ large in results
Agfa has pushed back completion of the sale of its Offset Solutions business by a week, as the group reported on a “transformative year” with the consequences writ large in its accounts.

Ultraflex adds Agfa wide-format machines to stocklist
Consumables supplier Ultraflex Europe has added Agfa’s Anapurna and Avinci wide-format machines to its product offering.

Intergraf flags French law regulating mineral oils
Intergraf has highlighted a French law regulating the use of mineral oils in printing inks, which it said is impacting the European market, including European printers placing printed products on the...

Heinzel to convert idled Steyrermühl paper machine
Heinzel Group is set to convert an idled paper machine at the Steyrermühl mill in Austria to produce sustainable kraft papers for flexible packaging.

Propack launches sustainable greetings cards business
Propack has launched its own online sustainable greetings cards retail business, Planet Bee Cards.

Royal Mail hikes stamp prices, agrees new talks with CWU
Royal Mail has announced an inflation-busting near-16% increase in the price of First Class stamps, which will breach the £1 mark for the first time.

Macfarlane Group acquires Suttons
Macfarlane Group has acquired specialist protective packaging manufacturing business A.E. Sutton, which trades as Suttons Performance Packaging.