Print buying

Fire damage at the Apsley site. Image: Frogmore Paper Mill

Frogmore updates after fire

Frogmore Paper Mill has confirmed that a “significant amount” of irreplaceable artefacts were lost in last month’s fire – although its historic paper machines survived the worst of the blaze.

Balcony Shirts: "to raise so much money was brilliant”

Balcony Shirts turns spoof design into charity gain

Balcony Shirts has raised more than £800 for homeless charity Shelter after producing a one-off t-shirt inspired by the Downing Street lockdown parties scandal.

The films are available as both hand and pre-stretch variants

Coveris launches new stretch film that meets PPT requirements

Coveris has launched a range of lightweight, next generation stretch films that contain a minimum of 30% recycled content to reduce reliance on virgin plastics and meet forthcoming UK Plastic...

The upgraded BookVault portal is more automated

Printondemand-worldwide upgrades BookVault

On demand book and journal printer Printondemand-worldwide (PODWW) has overhauled its portal for authors and publishers to bring their titles to the consumer market.

Binnie: "We outperformed the guidance provided at the end of the last quarter"

Sappi posts strong Q1 results

Sappi has reported strong results for its first quarter with sales of $1.697bn (£1.25bn), up 46% year-on-year, and a profit of $123m – compared to a loss of $17m in Q1 2020.

Moore: "a consummate professional"

End of an era as Moore steps down at Eclipse

Eclipse managing director Simon Moore is stepping down from day-to-day activities after a storied industry career spanning more than 40 years.

The company is seeing tightening supply and exponential cost increases

Flint Group to increase packaging prices

Flint Group Packaging is set to increase the prices of all the packaging products sold by its Flexible Packaging, Paper and Board, and Narrow Web business units.

The government will introduce the PPT on 1 April

BPIF advises on Plastic Packaging Tax introduction

The BPIF has shared information and advice about the impending introduction of the new Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT), which will impact some print and packaging companies.

 Micropress: Callimedia business will continue to trade independently

Micropress expands with acquisition

Micropress has added a print management wing with the acquisition of Callimedia.

New-style stamps are on sale now

Royal Mail 'reinvents' stamps with added barcodes

Royal Mail has announced a radical revamp of its everyday stamps, which will now include a barcode for additional security as well as offering the potential to link to multimedia content. However the...