Companies & suppliers

Real salaries in the UK have decreased 5.6% in 2022

Average pay plummets as inflation bites

Real median weekly pay for full-time employees fell by 2.6% in 2022 when adjusting for inflation, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Seltex is seeing increasing demand for shorter runs

Wallcoverings brand in hybrid install

Global wallcoverings brand Seltex has invested in a new Agfa Anapurna wide-format H3200i LED hybrid printer to help it to meet growing demand for shorter runs and interior design personalisation.

James Cropper is able to upcycle a wide range of fibres

James Cropper trims paper to focus on most profitable lines

James Cropper has posted a £200,000 operating loss for the first half of the year, but expects to return to profitability in H2 on the back of strong sales growth – and the business has also spent...

Smurfit Kappa: potential strike action during crucial pre-Christmas period

Smurfit Kappa staff in talks over strikes

Unite members at UK Smurfit Kappa sites are understood to be balloting over strike action as they reportedly want a 10% annual pay rise.

Autonomous Mobile Robots: market is poised for "hypergrowth"

Bowe invests in robotics tech

Bowe Group has invested in a specialist software business that promises to revolutionise the time and costs involved in deploying autonomous robots.

Matsliach: "I am excited about how our vision will present itself at Connect 2023"

ePS reveals Connect details

MIS and workflow specialist eProductivity Software (ePS) aims to evolve its annual user conference, Connect, when it returns in January.

Screen's new Aalsmeer site: move will be carried out in phases

Screen Europe on the move

Screen Europe is moving to a new, larger HQ building near to Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport.

"Robust contingency plans" are in place at DS Smith

DS Smith workers vote to strike over pay

Nearly 1,000 members of union GMB at DS Smith are balloting for industrial action over a real terms pay cut.

Inca Speedset: development is on track

Agfa on front foot with Inca sales

Agfa has signed its first contracts for the Inca Speedset single-pass sheetfed inkjet press, and for Agfa-branded Onset wide-format printers.

Jarrold: An increase in the pressures on companies’ costs has started to bite

Industry output held firm in Q3 but downbeat forecast for Q4

Stronger than expected growth in orders and output helped the UK printing and printed packaging industry’s continued recovery in Q3, but the forecast for Q4 is downbeat as confidence expectations...