Consumables

Mondi launches campaign to highlight digitally optimised paper

Paper manufacturer Mondi has launched a campaign to highlight its range of sustainably produced, digitally optimised paper.

Quantum Capital to acquire IMEX from BASF

Swiss-headquartered investment fund Quantum Capital is to acquire BASF's Netherlands-based offset printing inks business IMEX.

Paperlinx sells its Italian business to Lecta

Troubled merchant Paperlinx is to sell its Italian business, Polyedra, to European paper manufacturer Lecta for 45m (37.5m), as part of its restructuring programme.

Tetenal UK broadens wide-format portfolio with Mutoh and Kala

Tetenal UK has expanded its wide-format product offering with the addition of equipment from Mutoh and Kala as well as a new self-adhesive substrate, Easy Tack.

DuPont announces flexo screening upgrade and 5% Cyrel price hike

DuPont will show a "simple and relatively inexpensive" workflow enhancement for its Cyrel DigiFlow flexo CTP system at Drupa that gives the ability to select the ideal dot structure depending on...

Flint Group warns of 2012 consumables price increases

Consumables manufacturer Flint Group has warned that an evening out of raw materials in the last quarter of 2011 does not mean prices are on the way back down.

Arjowiggins joins WWF climate saver programme

Paper manufacturer Arjowiggins Graphic has joined the WWF's international climate savers program.

Viscount Signs and Robert Horne help break waterspeed records

Signage printer Viscount Signs and consumables supplier Robert Horne have helped a Southampton-based powerboat racing team break a British speed record.

GI Direct signs up to Two Sides

GI Direct has become the latest company to sign up to the Two Sides campaign to promote the positives of print and paper.

Print & digital media will coexist for many years to come

The recent release of ABC figures regarding net circulation of magazines between July and December 2011 painted a dark picture for the print industry. The bloodbath across men's lifestyle magazines,...