Companies & suppliers

Drinks carton reprocessing plant to open next year
A drinks carton reprocessing plant is set to be operational in the UK by 2013 following an agreement between packaging producer Sonoco Alcore and the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment...

Landa to review Ipex participation
Landa is "revisiting" its plans to exhibit at Ipex 2014 following news that HP and Agfa will not be at the show.

Duraweld appoints new operations director
Duraweld has reported a 100% in-full, on-time delivery service two months after Keith Dawson joined the company as operations director.

Falconer Print and Packaging installs UK's first Braille unit with Diana X folder gluer
Falconer Print and Packaging installed the Heidelberg Diana X 115 folder gluer with Braille unit in April, which is "running very smoothly", according to Falconer managing director Hadyn Bradbury.
European Conference to look at restructuring in the print sector
An EC-funded project looking at how printers can adapt to face future challenges is to end in September with a Brussels-based conference.

Holmen Paper targets fashion magazines
Holmen Paper has added Holmen TRND uncoated papers to its product line.

Integrity plans labels push
Integrity Print is aiming to double the size of its label printing business as the group adapts to shifting demand in its core markets.

IOS rebrands as DST Output
Innovative Output Solutions (IOS) has rebranded as DST Output (DST) in a bid to align itself with its parent company of the same name.

Victoria Litho opts for UV drying system on KBA Rapida 162
Drying system manufacturer Benford UV has successfully retrofitted an end-of-press and interdeck UV drying solution to a KBA Rapida 162A sheet-fed press at Victoria Litho.

Redundancies on the cards at GNM, report claims
Guardian News & Media (GNM) could be forced to make compulsory redundancies as early as this autumn to stem losses of nearly 1m a week, according to a <i>Sunday Times</i> report.