Print buying

Bensons Bookbinding seeks new location
Craft bookbinder and box maker Chris Narayan is searching for new premises and hopes to find a printing company or related business with some suitable spare space.

CB Printforce UK shuttered
On-demand book and journal printer CB Printforce UK has gone into administration.

Ordnance Survey goes live with tender worth up to £25m
A tender with a value that could reach around £25m to produce Ordnance Survey (OS) paper maps has gone live.

Stora Enso comments on postponement of payments to suppliers
Stora Enso’s president and CEO has commented after it was revealed that the company postponed payments to some suppliers by one week in the last weeks of June and September this year.

Swizzels trials paperboard container
Popular retro sweet brand Swizzels is trialling a new paperboard box for its Sweet Shop Favourites selection, produced by Affinity Packaging.

The three pillars of digital production success
Constant market evolution, new business opportunities and fresh challenges are continually driving operational change for screen printers. To thrive, they need to focus on ways to improve their...

International Paper shareholders approve DS Smith deal
International Paper has confirmed that at a shareholder meeting in connection with its proposed “combination” with DS Smith, the necessary approval of its shareholders was obtained.

Japan Pulp & Paper takes over Inapa’s German business
The operations of Inapa’s insolvent German subsidiaries Inapa Deutschland, Inapa ComPlott and Inapa Packaging have been transferred to Japan Pulp & Paper (JPP).

Unilever invests to find alternatives to plastics
Unilever is taking materials science “into our own hands” to cut its use of virgin plastics.

Baby loss certificate scheme expanded
The power of print as a physical medium has been in evidence this week with the expansion of the government’s baby loss certificate scheme.