Disciplines

DS Smith is set to acquire Europac in a deal worth £1.45bn.

Shares in Johnston Press slumped to a record low this morning (5 June) after the company warned of “extremely challenging” trading.

Plastic Card Services (PCS) has launched a new web-to-print offering targeted at customers with shorter-run plastic card orders.

Fujifilm is not giving up on its deal to take over Xerox without a fight and has filed new court papers in the US.

Leeds-based z-folded card manufacturer Alpha Card hopes to turbo-charge growth and turnover after acquiring German specialist print agency Card Media.

HP Inc’s turnover grew by 13% year-on-year in Q2, from $12.4bn (£9.27bn) to $14bn, with its Printing division sales up by 11%, from $4.7bn to $5.2bn.

OPM Group has begun an upgrade to its printing facilities, by spending £500,000 on automated augmentation for one of its presses, as part of a programme that will span most of 2018.

Wyndeham Group has secured a two-year extension of its print contract with Hearst UK which includes the addition of three new titles.

Henry Stone had less than £1,000 in the bank when it went bust earlier this year, and left behind a total shortfall of almost £3.5m.

Fontain has stepped up to SRA1 after going live with its new RMGT Ryobi 928 LED-UV eight-colour perfector which features a colour management first.