Print buying

YM Group has gone into administration, marking an ignominious end for a business that at one time had lofty ambitions to dominate the UK web offset market.

Glastonbury festival has returned this week for its first post-pandemic outing and the free newspaper printed on-site for revellers is also back.

Essentra is selling its Packaging division to Austrian cartonboard and folding cartons specialist Mayr-Melnhof Group in a deal worth over £300m.

Against a backdrop of spiralling material costs, InSoft Automation says the argument for maximising every millimetre with intelligent imposition and ganging has never been stronger.

The UK’s first official vegan print business, Hatch Print, is in liquidation according to Companies House, although a new business is trading under the same name with website and contact details...

The Bank of England will be withdrawing legal tender status of paper £20 and £50 banknotes after 30 September 2022, meaning there are only 100 days left to use any that remain.

Denmaur Independent Papers has reached an agreement to acquire the business and assets of the Fine Paper and Conversion division from Middleton Paper Company, for an undisclosed sum.

HH Global has retired its iconic elephant logo as part of a major image shake-up.

A trio of new print and related tenders from local councils are currently open via the government’s Find a Tender and Contracts Finder services.

Print waste management specialist J&G Environmental has installed an Ulster U150 twin shaft shredder to increase its plastic recycling capabilities.