Direct mail

Direct marketing business Adare Limited has seen an increase in its capacity and volume following the completion of its comprehensive upgrade programme.

GI Solutions has invested £3m in two HP T-series high-speed colour inkjet presses as the £37m turnover group edges towards 50% of its print sales being generated by digital.

Banner Managed Communication (BMC) has invested £1.5m in its Guildford production facility, replacing its two Xerox iGen3 presses with two new iGen150s, following a sharp increase in business in 2014.

Communisis has announced that it will reduce the headcount at its Cross Gates Leeds facility by around 75 as a response to declining direct mail volumes.

Bristol-based printer Kingsdown Printing claims to have become the first company in the UK to gain certification to the newest ISO 27001 standard, ISO 27001:2013.

GI Solutions has revealed that the March launch of its digital envelope mailpack product was enabled by a £2m investment in a pair of JWR 30K paper wrappers from CMC Machinery.

An innovative aqueous pressure-seal coating is generating “colossal” interest for European distributor CyanX.

Trade finisher First 4 Print Finishing has invested more than £500,000 in its direct mail division and the completion of an upgrade to its stitching kit.

Potts Print (UK) has won a three-year contract, which will be worth in excess of £300,000, for all the print and mailing for a prestigious theatre company.

Collapsed commercial print and direct mail business Print Logic has been bought out of administration in a deal that signals the return of a leading figure in the direct mail and transactional print...