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115,000 postal workers have been taking industrial action

Pre-Christmas postal strikes to go ahead

Strikes involving over 115,000 postal workers across the Royal Mail network will go ahead as planned on Friday 23 and Saturday 24 December, after the Communication Workers Union (CWU) said the postal...

The new paper machine has a production capacity of 70,000 tons of tissue paper per year

Wepa creates over 50 new jobs as it doubles UK capacity

The Wepa Group has started up a new paper machine at its Welsh site in Bridgend, doubling its production capacity for the British market and creating more than 50 new jobs.

The project is focusing on Paper Machine 11 at Gratkorn. Image: Sappi

Sappi Europe upgrades Gratkorn mill

Plans have been revealed by Sappi Europe to upgrade and modernise its Gratkorn mill in Austria.

In 2021 the two plants generated combined sales of around €124m. Image: Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG

Mayr-Melnhof sells Russian sites

The Mayr-Melnhof Group has sold its two packaging sites in Russia.

Roche: Confident this will be successful

Haybrooke continues PaaS expansion with new reseller service

Print procurement specialist Haybrooke is launching a new sub-service of its 'printing as a service' (PaaS) procurement model aimed at general resellers in the office sector.

The system was designed in the blue and yellow colours of the Ukrainian flag

GEW supports Ukrainian printer with free press upgrade

GEW has provided a commercial printer in Ukraine with a complete UV and LED curing system for the company’s Komori L640+C offset press, free of charge.

The Horizon SPF-200L can handle sheets up to 640mm in length

Optichrome supports landscape books with Horizon install

Optichrome has taken on a Horizon SPF-200L bookletmaker from Intelligent Finishing Systems (IFS) to improve the speed, quality, and reliability of short-run landscape book production.

Sherwin: "I can’t wait to get stuck in"

Go Inspire hires client development director

Go Inspire has taken on a new client development director for its Customer Experience division.

Yeung: "Prima further extends our range of products"

Duraweld acquires Prima

Packaging and stationery specialist Duraweld has acquired a complementary business that also provides creative packaging.

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Automation study to highlight opportunities

Printweek has partnered with Ricoh to survey the impact of automation on the UK print industry and better understand the opportunity it represents.