Disciplines

Blundell: company has been transformed during his tenure

Former Capita exec takes over at Communisis

Communisis has recruited an industry outsider to take over from long-standing CEO Andy Blundell.

One of the damaged vans. Image: Nick Wintle, Facebook

Thieves target vans at vehicle wrapper

A vehicle graphics specialist suffered a major theft over the weekend with parts stripped from several brand new Mercedes vans belonging to a client.

CMS: Expanding in terms of technology and space

CMS invests again to support growth

Central Mailing Services (CMS) has beefed up its capacity with further significant kit investments and a planned factory extension as it prepares for a continued uptick in business, while it...

Abbot Print operators Panos Antoniou and Danielle Gabric with the Horizon APC-610

Abbot Print streamlines cutting with Horizon spend

Trade printer Abbot Print has taken on a Horizon APC-610 guillotine to enable it to meet demand for fast turnaround business cards.

OK!: issued dated 23 November is first to be printed by Walstead

OK! switches printer, launches beauty box

OK! magazine has become the latest high-profile title to switch from gravure to web offset printing.

Stoneywood Mill: headcount to reduce by 18%

Arjowiggins to restructure Scottish mill

Arjowiggins is to cut just over 70 jobs at its Stoneywood Mill in Scotland as the business, which was rescued from administration last year, battles the fallout from Covid-19.

Parcels boom: Royal Mail launched a new parcels collection service in October

Parcels landmark at Royal Mail

Parcels revenue has overtaken letters for the first time at Royal Mail, which has upped its investment to handle the Christmas ‘peak’ by around £100m this year.

Revenue and pre-tax profit is up year-on-year for Macfarlane Group

Macfarlane Group updates on sales growth and board changes

Macfarlane Group has reported better than expected revenue for the second half of the year to date and revealed a change to its board as its longstanding finance director gears up for retirement.

Colourform: sustainable packaging option for brands

James Cropper shares surge

Shares in James Cropper rose dramatically this week on the back of its latest results and hopes for its PaperGard self-sanitising paper and sustainable packaging products.

Duplo: Impostrip Pro can save users thousands of pounds a year

Duplo launches Impostrip Pro software

Duplo International and Ultimate TechnoGraphics have launched a new end-to-end software platform that is said to bring post-press automation into pre-press.