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Paragon reduces footprint, plans Accrington closure

Paragon plans to shut its Accrington trade printing operation amid ongoing challenges in its markets, and could also rent out spare space at the Leeds site originally built for Lettershop.

Q2 2024 saw a net increase of 17.2% in the companies expanding their events budgets

Strongest marketing budget growth to benefit wide-format and mail

The UK has seen its strongest upward revision to marketing budgets in a decade, with companies’ financial prospects at their most positive in nearly three years, according to new research.

Clutton: there’s a lot of good and innovative Chinese kit

New company offering Chinese printers to UK market launches

A new kit supplier that will supply high quality Chinese printers and related consumables to the UK and Irish markets has been launched by a wide-format print specialist.

Pickard (L): the DC-618 has freed up time by dealing swiftly with smaller jobs

Printstore tightens digital focus with Duplo install

Kingston-upon-Thames’ Printstore has invested further in its digital production with the installation of a Fiery-integrated Duplo DC-618 slitter-cutter-creaser, five months after the firm committed to...

Sappi makes green gains on Galerie

Sappi has dramatically reduced the carbon footprint of its Galerie range of coated papers, and aims to achieve a 70% reduction by the end of the year.

Sirane is headquartered in Telford. Image: Google Maps

Administrators appointed at Sirane as 172 jobs lost

Packaging converter Sirane has appointed administrators, with 172 staff made redundant.

A trifold leaflet printed for Jurassic Park, featuring Japanese and English entry information, is among the lots

Major Hollywood auction puts rare print up for sale

A massive Hollywood film memorabilia auction has gone live, putting millions of dollars’ worth of props, costumes, and collectable print up for sale.

Election boosts Royal Mail in Q1

The General Election delivered a substantial boost to Royal Mail’s performance in Q1 with big increases in postal vote returns and candidate mail.

Fujifilm and Konica Minolta make progress with JV plans

Fujifilm Business Innovation and Konica Minolta expect their new joint venture company to be formally established by the end of September.

Sun Chemical is one of the world's largest ink and pigment manufacturers

Sun Chemical implements inks price increase

Ink and pigment giant Sun Chemical has announced a price increase across a broad portfolio of its inks in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), effective immediately.