Printers

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s first full budget has been welcomed by British print associations as a positive step toward revitalising the UK economy, but not everyone in the industry is impressed.

The future for Manchester Printers Group is unclear after the former owner of one of its string of acquisitions was forced to buy his business back out of administration.

A YM Group newspaper industry client was a major creditor of its failed web division, Printweek can reveal.

Precision Proco Group has launched its new end-to-end book publishing service Found.us, aimed at helping social media influencers publish their own books.

RR Donnelley (RRD) saw its net sales rise by 8.1% year-on-year to $5.37bn (£4.48bn) in 2022, with its Q4 sales also up, by 0.6% to $1.39bn.

Pantone has added 224 mixed colours and five base ink colours to the Pantone Matching System – with some of the new formulations causing angst among printing industry pros.

Woking commercial printer Optichrome celebrated its 60th year in business on Wednesday (22 February).

Welshpool Printing Group (WPG) has set out intentions to take on staff after the installation of a Komori Lithrone boosted productivity by 30%.

Technical experts from around the world are set to gather in London for the upcoming ISO meetings on print standards.

A new book charts the fascinating history or printing industry guilds and associations that developed into modern-day trade unions over the course of hundreds of years.