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DS Smith is trading in line with management expectations during its second-half period.

Stora Enso has reported its highest quarterly EBIT in some 20 years and an all-time-high margin in its Q1 results.

ProPrint Group has taken on a bespoke Digicon Series 3 automated finishing line from AB Graphic International to enable it to provide an additional range of label finishing options.

Commercial printer Swallowtail Print has expanded its competitive range with a new Konica Minolta AccurioPress C12000 digital printer.

A long-established UK label printer has gone into administration with supply issues caused by the strike at UPM cited as one of the reasons for its failure.

Canon has plugged the mid-range gap in its cutsheet toner production portfolio with a 100ppm ‘Swiss army knife’ of a press that features a number of firsts for the manufacturer.

Nadine Dorries has said she could intervene on Newsquest’s acquisition of fellow publisher Archant.

Esko has taken on a new general manager to head up its EMEA region.

Web-to-print software developer and printer Print Evolved has continued its strategic growth programme with the acquisition of VR Print.

UPM has revealed that the strike at its Finnish mills could cost the business as much as €220m (£185m), while its Communication Papers wing is back in the black after “significantly higher sales...