Companies & suppliers

Macfarlane has acquired 100% of PackMann. Image: PackMann

Macfarlane gobbles up PackMann in strategic acquisition

Macfarlane Group has acquired German company PackMann Gesellschaft für Verpackungen und Dienstleistungen in a strategic move for the business.

Rowan: "Calor is showing great ambition with its communication plans"

Adare SEC wins Calor contract extension

Adare SEC has been awarded a five-year contract extension with gas supplier Calor for the provision of transactional communication production and expertise.

Screen plans to strengthen its POD strategy

Ink sales boost Screen GA results

Printers recovering from the pandemic have helped boost the performance of Screen’s Graphic Arts Equipment division, where sales are up nearly 16% and profits have more than doubled.

Heidelberg Plus: now adding upstream and downstream processes

Heidelberg unveils vision for 'whole printshop portal'

Heidelberg has taken the wraps off a significant revamp of its Prinect workflow – Prinect Direct – including big ambitions to extend the reach of its automation tools to the extent that print buyers...

Sylvamo: market conditions in Europe working in its favour

Sylvamo confirms Russian exit

Sylvamo has confirmed that it plans to sell off its Russian operations, and is already in discussions with more than one potential buyer.

Boyle said the new SolPrint system suits Swytch well

Swytch switches MIS

Swytch Graphics has successfully rolled out a new MIS from software company i-teba after outgrowing its previous system from another supplier.

Fujifilm: building a global manufacturing structure for inkjet market

Fujifilm reports on 2021, grows inkjet

Fujifilm plans to build a global manufacturing structure to satisfy the needs of the growing inkjet market, while at its plates business more price increases are necessary to keep the business...

Kodak is taking its coating know-how into new markets

Kodak reports on challenging Q1

Kodak boss Jim Continenza said the firm had taken “unprecedented steps” to ensure supplies to its customers during ongoing supply chain disruption.

Community celebrates new deal at Chapelle Darblay mill. Image: Community of Rouen

New life for UPM mill

UPM’s shuttered Chapelle Darblay newsprint mill in France is set to be reborn as a cardboard production site under its new owners.

Gooder would like to find a home for the machines

Italian Job rescue for historic Italian printhouse's presses

Seven antique print machines have been saved from scrap by a print novice after the collapse of an artisanal Tuscan printhouse that included Jodie Foster among its clients.