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Printweek editor, Darryl Danielli

Magic money tree has propped us up, but it is due to be felled soon

Back in September, a consortium of printing industry trade bodies gloomily wrote to the chancellor Rishi Sunak warning him that 3,000 print business would be at risk of sinking without a trace if...

Manroland Sheetfed: increase in projects, especially for large press sizes

Langley results: Manroland gears up for growing demand

Langley Holdings has reported 2020 results for a “a year like no other”, while its press manufacturing subsidiary Manroland Sheetfed has “opened the taps” and returned to full production in...

February favours long overdue good news

February may be the shortest month, but as our rundown illustrates there was no shortage of big stories and top of the pile by a country mile was some welcome news.

Reach reports on tumultuous year

Media group Reach has made a near-£50m write-down in connection to the closure of two of its print sites, which also involved almost £17m in costs.

K&B: focus is on packaging and a portfolio strategy in attractive markets

Koenig & Bauer sales beat expectations

Koenig & Bauer expects sales for 2020 to be above prior estimates at €1bn-plus, thanks to accounting changes that have altered the group’s revenue recognition policy.

Fit-to-size creates optimum pack size for items or combinations of items

Quadient targets ecomms with fit-to-size packaging

Quadient is anticipating booming demand for its fit-to-size packaging solutions as ecommerce sales continue to grow, while at the same time consumers rail against the use of oversized packaging.

Ortviken had been one of the world’s largest publication paper mills

End of the line for SCA publication paper

SCA will make its last reel of publication paper today as the group shuts down the last remaining paper machine at its Ortviken mill.

Macfarlane's pre-tax profit was £13m in 2020, up 9.6% on 2019

Macfarlane reports ‘resilient’ results ahead of expectations

Macfarlane Group achieved both sales and pre-tax profit growth in 2020, with its results ahead of its previous expectations, despite the challenging market conditions due to the impact of the...

The Horizon AF-408F can support highly variable jobs

Horizon launches new fully automated small-format folder

Horizon has launched a new fully automated small-format 8-buckle folder targeted at simplifying pharmaceutical leaflet and small-format folding production.

Johnson: plan includes review into potential use of Covid-19 status certification

Roadmap out of lockdown: industry reacts

Industry leaders have broadly welcomed the government’s new plan for a four-step roadmap out of lockdown in England.