Plastics

Polar Street FX has a 12-month outdoor rating

Drytac expands floor range

Drytac has launched a new printable outdoor rated self-adhesive floor media that requires no lamination for fast-turnaround applications including Covid-19 social distancing graphics.

The range has a wide range of potential applications, including print

G-Tec set to launch anti-microbial print laminate

UK materials manufacturer G-Tec Paper & Film, part of Gardiner Graphics Group, is poised to launch a new range of innovative anti-microbial self-adhesive films and is looking to set up a UK...

Lexon in Wales is producing 10,000 protective visors for the NHS

Industry steps up PPE efforts

A raft of industry manufacturers and suppliers have joined the fight to protect health and essential workers by manufacturing personal protective equipment.

More than 60% of UK production is exported

Best of British: Masters in media studies

Here at Printweek we had a bit of a debate about what ‘British’ actually means in manufacturing terms. There are quite a few firms with UK-based factories and workforces that develop their own...

Vertex Marine can be applied to a variety of Innotech display systems

Innotech launches first substrate from recycled plastic bottles

Innotech has launched the industry’s first print media made from recycled bottles as a wide-format display fabric.

New polymer £20: security features include two windows and a hologram word change

Polymer £20 note now in circulation

The Bank of England's new polymer £20 note, printed by De La Rue, has now entered circulation.

The company’s huge HQ and manufacturing site in Northern Ireland

Best of British: Purveyors of fantastic plastics

Brett Martin is a long-established specialist in plastics that are used around the world in a wide range of applications. Its sheet plastics division makes materials such as foamboard, PET and...

New Coveris packaging film 100% recycled and recyclable

European packaging firm Coveris has developed a new shrink film for multi-pack products that is fully recyclable and is composed of more than 50% post-consumer recyclate.

Paper tigers

These are changing times for pulp and paper makers. While mill and machinery closures across Europe and the UK have resulted in shrinking capacity, particularly for graphical paper grades, this has...

CorrBoard harnesses organic waste to produce corrugated

CorrBoard Bioenergy (CB Bio) has invested £5.5m in building a sustainable energy generation facility fuelled by organic waste to power the manufacture of corrugated sheet board.