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The chief executive of PG Paper and a woman who has spent a lifetime in craft bookbinding head up the industry recipients in the Queen’s New Year Honours list.

Print finisher Celloglas has ended a successful year of reinvestment after recovering from floods that left its Leeds premises under almost 1.5 metres of water last Boxing Day.

Schwartz Printing has upgraded its PUR binding capabilities by investing around £70,000 in a Morgana DigiBook 450.

Commercial and wide-format printer Greenshires Group has installed a Bickers XY Robotic Gluejet in a bid to speed up the gluing process.

South Devon commercial litho and digital printer AC Print has upped efficiency after investing in the latest generation CCM Premier guillotine.

Corrugated specialist Saxon Packaging has invested in a Paperplast Dry 70 thermal film laminator to bring film lamination in-house.

Large-format and finishing specialist KSP Group has invested £100,000 in a raft of new finishing equipment, allowing it to bring a number of processes in-house.

Our ranking of the industry’s most influential individuals, the PrintWeek 2016 Power 100, is now available to download online.

Global manufacturer Avery Dennison has announced a deal to acquire Israel-based manufacturer Hanita Coatings, in a move that will eventually be worth around $75m (£59m).

Leicester-based finisher Clinical Print Finishers has signed up to exhibit at PrintWeekLive!