Environment

BPIF to hold colour management seminars

Cash savings to be eked out from good colour management are the focus of two BPIF-hosted seminars on ink, wastage and makereadies this month.

SO Recycle extends operations to printers

SO Group has expanded its recycling operations to help printers earn an income from their waste.

DEP reveals new thicker coated polypropylene

Specialist print-coatings company DEP is to launch a range of polypropylene substrates with eco-solvent coatings.

ESOS: benefit or burden?

When the government first floated the idea of the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) back in 2012, it did so with the strap line: ‘Helping UK enterprises improve profitability through better...

Printers urged to use guide to sustainable paper supply

Two groups that promote sustainable working are calling on printers and other supply chain firms to hone procurement choices to protect woodlands and the locals who depend on them.

Firstan banks on business boost with colour certification

Firstan Packaging has become the first UK packaging printer to become a pressSign Offset Standard (POS) certified printer.

Roland DG Texart technology achieves Oeko-Tex accreditation

Roland DG has attained the Oeko-Tex Standard 100, product class I certification for inkjet printing on polyester fabric with the company’s Texart ink.

Countrystyle secures three major recycling contracts

Resource management and recycling specialist Countrystyle Recycling has secured contracts to provide recycling services to three printers based in the South East.

APP to increase supply of PEFC products following Indonesian certification

Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) is to sell paper and board made from PEFC-certified Indonesian wood fibre for the first time.

J&G Environmental secures Communisis contract

J&G Environmental has been awarded a three-year hazardous waste management contract by Communisis.