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Macfarlane Group acquires North East packaging firm
Macfarlane Group has continued its growth strategy with the acquisition of Colton Packaging Teesside.

Komori details Drupa plans
Komori has announced a host of launches for Drupa including a move into post-press kit, a new cloud solution, revamped litho presses and further details of its version of the Landa Nanographic B1...

DS Smith returns to UK for latest acquisition
DS Smith has returned to the UK for its latest takeover, a producer of specialist corrugated and retail-ready packaging in north west England.

Take your site to the next level
Dean Johnson knew he had to expand his horizons when he could barely see any horizon at all. The family sign-making business he runs was so chock-full of equipment and bustling with staff and walk-in...

Not everything that looks like a duck is a duck
Even if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, you should not, according to Fraser Church, head of creative development at DST Output, automatically assume – contrary to what...

Now is the moment to net finance for investment
In terms of interest rates, there has never been a better time to borrow money. And as the economy begins to pick up, more lenders are looking to loan money to SMEs.

One year on, what was the impact of Paperlinx’s collapse?
It was once the behemoth of paper merchanting with around 1,200 staff and almost 20 UK sites but 12 months ago, on, of all days, 1 April, the bulk of Paperlinx UK went into administration and the...

Killer app: Studio One teaches lesson for school hoarding
Northamptonshire County Council has enlisted the help of local wide-format printer Studio One to supply hoarding boards to dress the perimeter fence surrounding the town’s old post office site.

The countdown to Drupa begins...
With a mere eight weeks to go until the big show opens its doors, the excitement surrounding the impending Drupa in PrintWeek Towers is palpable.

Landa: Serial showman lifts the tempo again
"It’s like composing a symphony and conducting an orchestra where none of the players have played together before, and they are all playing new instruments. For that to come together and turn into a...