Companies & suppliers

Thompson: "we need change to survive"

Royal Mail seeks urgent reform of USO, posts huge loss

Royal Mail wants to ditch Saturday deliveries and its parent group has confirmed that it will separate the business, which has racked up losses of nearly £220m at the half-year, if “significant change...

Graphichem's Scott McGauley is confident about the potential for future growth

Graphichem invests to expand

Pressroom chemicals specialist Graphichem is expanding into new premises on the back of strong trading.

The Metamorphosis range has several plastic-mimicking properties

Fedrigoni launches 100% paper packaging that aims to replace plastic

Fedrigoni has promised its new Materia Viva Metamorphosis range of paper products can mimic many of the qualities that make plastic the norm for packaging.

Alan Chidgey, founder of ARC Textiles, has joined DTB as digital sales manager

DTB continues digital expansion with ARC Textiles buy

Direct Textiles & Bags (DTB) has bought digitally printed textiles supplier ARC Textiles, in an effort to bolster its digital product offering and customer base.

Aquinox: billed as "a truly transformational and reliable aqueous printhead"

Xaar takes wraps off Aquinox head

Xaar has officially launched its new printhead for aqueous fluids, which it believes will dramatically shake up a number of markets due to its jetting capabilities.

Real salaries in the UK have decreased 5.6% in 2022

Average pay plummets as inflation bites

Real median weekly pay for full-time employees fell by 2.6% in 2022 when adjusting for inflation, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Seltex is seeing increasing demand for shorter runs

Wallcoverings brand in hybrid install

Global wallcoverings brand Seltex has invested in a new Agfa Anapurna wide-format H3200i LED hybrid printer to help it to meet growing demand for shorter runs and interior design personalisation.

James Cropper is able to upcycle a wide range of fibres

James Cropper trims paper to focus on most profitable lines

James Cropper has posted a £200,000 operating loss for the first half of the year, but expects to return to profitability in H2 on the back of strong sales growth – and the business has also spent...

Smurfit Kappa: potential strike action during crucial pre-Christmas period

Smurfit Kappa staff in talks over strikes

Unite members at UK Smurfit Kappa sites are understood to be balloting over strike action as they reportedly want a 10% annual pay rise.

Autonomous Mobile Robots: market is poised for "hypergrowth"

Bowe invests in robotics tech

Bowe Group has invested in a specialist software business that promises to revolutionise the time and costs involved in deploying autonomous robots.