Print buying

Preston Brook is capable of processing 500–600 million packs a year

APS invests £5m into Preston Brook facility

APS Group has invested £5m into its 9,290sqm secure inbound/outbound Preston Brook facility near Runcorn.

Peter Ralten (R) with Sirane's Ross Griffin and HP's Emma Winton

Sirane to install first UK HP Indigo 200k

Packaging converter Sirane is to become the first company in the UK – and one of only three worldwide – to take delivery of HP’s new Indigo 200k Digital Press.

The range of oven-proof products are rated up to 220°C

Sirane launches world-first pouches

Packaging manufacturer Sirane has launched a range of oven-friendly films and pouches printed with heat-resistant water-based inks, in what the company has called a world-first.

The seven-colour, double coater press weighs 167 tonnes

Offset Print & Packaging takes delivery of huge press

Installation of Offset Print & Packaging’s first-of-its-kind Koenig & Bauer Rapida 145 is underway, following the completion of extensive preparatory works including the removal of a 40-metre...

Boris Johnson announced the 'roadmap out of lockdown' in February 2021

Industry leaders react, three years on from lockdown

While today (23 March) marks three years since the first Covid lockdown was implemented in the UK, the impact of that and subsequent lockdowns are still felt across the industry while the...

UPM Schongau: production on PM 7 and PM 9 will continue

UPM makes further reduction to uncoated capacity

UPM has announced a further reduction in uncoated magazine paper capacity and has brought forward the shutdown of its Austrian newsprint mill.

Ruddocks has adopted a new logo with the rebrand

Ruddocks revamps strategic offering

Ruddocks has rebranded itself as a creative production agency, embracing all media in an effort to become a one-stop-shop for clients.

The now former Smurfit Kappa experience centre in Vsevolozhsk, Russia

Smurfit Kappa completes Russian exit

Smurfit Kappa has completed the disposal of its Russian operations after a process that has taken just under a year.

Both tenders are due to close next month

Seven figure mail tender and bumper signage contract up for grabs

A mailing tender worth £1.3m is the biggest industry tender currently live, with a major signage manufacture framework also active.

The first release of the Response Rate Tracker is billed as a pilot study

JICMail launches new Response Rate Tracker

JICMail, the joint industry currency for ad mail, has released results from its inaugural Response Rate Tracker research.