Companies & suppliers

Boxer Carl Froch has connections with the Wilkins Group

Boxer Froch to open new Wilkins factory

Four-time world champion boxer Carl Froch will open the third phase of the multimillion-pound factory later this week for packaging firm the Wilkins Group.

Royal Mail: strike action could make pay offer unaffordable

Royal Mail acts on Christmas post

Industrial action has forced Royal Mail to bring forward its Christmas last posting dates by as much as six days compared with last year, as the stand-off between the group and CWU members continues –...

Loosemore: 82.9% voted in favour of him continuing as a director

De La Rue chair gains shareholder support

A majority of De La Rue shareholders has backed chairman Kevin Loosemore at a general meeting held at the end of last week.

Viva Magenta: Pantone has drawn inspiration “from nature and what is real”

Pantone goes primordial for 2023

Pantone has described its pick for Color of the Year 2023 as a stand-out statement colour that is “rooted in the primordial”.

Quadraxis developed 3D scanning and image processing technology

Hybrid acquires Quadraxis Technology

Hybrid Software Group has acquired the technology and intellectual property of French company Quadraxis, which developed 3D scanning and image processing technology.

There has been an increase in mail effectiveness

Significant increases in mail engagement and effectiveness in Q3

JICMail, the joint industry currency for ad mail, has released its data for Q3 2022, which found there has been a significant increase in the amount of mail UK consumers are reading and looking at and...

115,000 postal workers have been taking industrial action

Labour frontbencher calls for Royal Mail inquiry; strike impact laid bare

Shadow secretary of state for Business and Industrial Strategy Jonathan Reynolds has written to secretary of state for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Grant Shapps to address his “extreme...

Dehing speaking at the Value Conference: confident about independent future

Agfa Offset Solutions preps for independence, focus on customer value

Agfa Offset Solutions is readying a new name for its future as a standalone business.

Some eras end while others are reborn in November’s listicle

The month’s list of Printweek’s most read stories is top ‘n’ tailed by a major player calling it a day at its UK operation while another leading light welcomes a new era as it changes hands.

WBC's range includes a wide range of products for the festive season

Premier expands with specialist packaging buy

Premier Paper Group has acquired a specialist packaging and retail display supplier that began life with a £5,000 loan from the Prince’s Trust and now has sales of nearly £20m.