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A trio of Leicestershire print businesses that came together in a deal completed earlier this year have now unified to create SBS Print Group.

Peter Scott Printers has started a new apprenticeship scheme to train the next generation of printing professionals.

Bluetree Group has expanded its senior management team with the promotion of Mark Young to the new role of managing director of its print division.

EFI has souped up its Nozomi single pass corrugated printing line with across-the-board productivity boosts.

Paper merchants have adapted their ranges as the end looms for Stora Enso’s high-end Lumi grade.

St Austell Printing Company (SAPC) has become an official Carbon Balanced Printer.

GB Mail has more than doubled its wrapping capacity with a six-figure investment in two high spec Sitma 1050-VW lines to support a surge in long run poly and paper wrap work.

Xerox chief executive John Visentin said the manufacturer is “prepared to respond however events unfold” as it revealed Q3 results showing a pick-up in business at some of its operations.

Label material sales are up at UPM but graphic paper deliveries were down 21% in Q3 due to Covid-19. Separately the group said it had received “quite a lot of interest” in its up-for-sale Shotton mill...

Mimaki is set to launch two new entry-level roll-to-roll inkjet printers that are said to combine high quality printing and high productivity “at minimal cost to the user”.