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MagnaColours launches new water-based transfer range
Water-based textiles ink supplier MagnaColours has launched a new water-based transfer printing range.

Contact Originators hit by fire
Flexographic plate manufacturer Contact Originators suffered a serious fire at its Bredbury, Stockport facility over the weekend but has stressed it is "business as usual" following speedy action from...

C&T Channel Matrix announces South Korean partnership
C&T Channel Matrix has signed a deal with South Korean firm SDS to sell its EasyBender range of automatic steel rule processing devices in the UK for the first time.

Review of 2019: April
Our annual roundup of all the big stories around the UK printing industry.

Antalis updates on new shareholding structure plan
Ten months down the line, Antalis has issued a statement to reaffirm that it is continuing the process of setting up a new shareholding structure, “which also includes discussions with its main...

Paper companies join new fibre-based packaging alliance
Companies across the paper value chain are part of a new alliance that has been established to promote sustainable methods of dealing with fibre-based packaging.

GF Smith acquires RK Burt
Luxury paper merchant GF Smith has acquired fine art paper supplier RK Burt & Co.

Stora Enso restructures consumer board and packaging divisions
Stora Enso is set to merge the container board business in its packaging solutions division with the consumer board division, creating a new packaging materials division.

Hickling & Squires slashes plastic waste by 80%
B2 commercial litho printer Hickling & Squires has installed a new pump-to-press ink system that will significantly cut single-use plastic waste and ink usage at its Nottinghamshire plant.

Heidelberg sells coatings business
Heidelberg has sold its Hi-Tech Coatings division to US group Innovative Chemical Products in a surprise move.