Print buying

Fedrigoni continues M&A drive with Spanish buy
Paper manufacturer Fedrigoni has pressed on with its M&A activity in the self-adhesives products sector after acquiring Spanish business Divipa.

News and leisure titles impress in latest mag ABCs
News and current affairs titles performed strongly in the latest Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) consumer magazine reports, with many sports and leisure titles also doing well.

RRD expects sale to close soon; posts full-year results
RR Donnelley said the sale of its business to Chatham Asset Management could close as soon as next week.

Wilkins Group gears up for growth
Wilkins Group is making a major investment in expanding its site and facilities.

Paper shortages now on mainstream news agenda
The issues around paper and label shortages have now reached the national news with the BBC picking up on the potential ramifications of the current supply squeeze.

UPM crisis deepens, manufacturer cites force majeure
UPM is citing ‘force majeure’ for its inability to fulfil customer orders due to the strike action crippling its Finnish mills, but unions have rejected this assertion, describing the situation as “a...

Cost pressures and supply shortages hamper industry growth
The UK printing and printed packaging industry continued its recovery in Q4 but threats to future recovery and growth remain prominent, particularly from increased Covid disruption and the spiralling...

Flint Group CPW division to implement surcharge
Flint Group’s Commercial Publication Web (CPW) division will implement a surcharge for all of its publication products effective for deliveries from 1 March 2022.

Navigator to increase UWF prices again
The Navigator Company will increase uncoated woodfree (UWF) paper prices in Europe by 8-15% from next month.

NEC Graph-Fix in administration
NEC Graph-Fix has gone into administration, with the firm’s business and certain assets sold to connected company TNJ Holdings.