Companies & suppliers

Agfa: current pricing levels in the printing industry are not sustainable

Agfa mulls future options for offset business

Agfa boss Pascal Juery is “ready to contemplate” some sort of sale or merger of the group’s offset business in the face of overcapacity, a declining market and the price pressures that are affecting...

John Roberts supplies a wide range of paper-based packaging materials

MBO at John Roberts

A management buyout deal has been completed at paper and corrugated products supplier John Roberts Holdings.

The UK’s exit from the EU is proving a boon for some, a bane for others

What has been the initial impact of Brexit on the UK’s printing industry?

February favours long overdue good news

February may be the shortest month, but as our rundown illustrates there was no shortage of big stories and top of the pile by a country mile was some welcome news.

The ‘something old, something new issue’, which covers February and March 2021, is out now and as usual it’s stuffed with thought-provoking insights, business critical info and all the latest news and views from the UK print industry...

Print’s people take centre stage in the February & March issue of Printweek. Our cover feature looks at incentive schemes and how they need to be tailored to meet you and your team’s requirements....

SlipTip is said to offer significant time and money savings

Gama launches time-saving wash-up blade system

Printing press cleaning systems developer Gama Systems has launched a new wash-up printer blade system that reduces blade replacement time.

Buckingham: "We are already seeing the projected benefits"

Paragon CC invests £6m-plus in finishing

Paragon Customer Communications has revamped its mailing operations after investing more than £6m on new kit and upgrades to existing machinery as part of a futureproofing strategy.

The Horizon AF-408F can support highly variable jobs

Horizon launches new fully automated small-format folder

Horizon has launched a new fully automated small-format 8-buckle folder targeted at simplifying pharmaceutical leaflet and small-format folding production.

The Petratto Metro Startup operates at speeds up to 200m/min

Petratto launches entry-level folder-gluer

Petratto has launched an entry-level semi-automatic folding and gluing machine suitable for the production of short run packaging.

The business will stop using PVC banner from 1 March. Image: Hollywood Monster

Hollywood Monster drops PVC in favour of Kavalan

Hollywood Monster has revealed that all of its internal and external banner work will be produced using PVC-free Kavalan as of next month.