Business

Print procurement specialist Haybrooke Associates has signed a deal with Specsavers to provide the optical retail chain with “a combination of print buying solutions and services”.

JICMail, the joint industry currency for ad mail, has released its data for Q1 2022, a period that saw mail volumes on the panel reach their highest level since Q1 2020.

Printed.com has invested in a VeloBlade Volta 1070+ digital die-cutting system from Vivid Laminating Technologies to expand its services.

Irish-owned global packaging company Zeus has acquired Swanline Group and its sister company BoxMart in an agreement worth more than €25m (£21.4m).

Stora Enso has started a feasibility study at its paper production site in Langerbrugge, Belgium, for the conversion of one of its two paper lines into a high-volume recycled containerboard line.

Fespa Global Print Expo 2022 marked a welcome return to normal for exhibitors and visitors last week, as confidence continues to return to the sector.

Nationwide Print will be shut down in an orderly fashion next month, after owner Julian Hocking received “an offer he couldn’t refuse” for the Cornish company’s buildings.

SwissQprint has added a high-end, additional flatbed printer to its portfolio, launched last week at Fespa in Berlin, Germany.

Inkmaker Epple Druckfarben has completed a funding round to unlock financing worth tens of millions of Euros, according to the firm, to support its continued growth strategy.

Mercian Labels has become the first company in the UK to purchase a Screen L350 SAI E UV inkjet label printer.