Disciplines

Ridgway: Packaging industry “must be mindful of these pressures”

CPMA warns on packaging impact of proposed food regs

The Consumer Packaging Manufacturers Alliance (CPMA) has cautioned that recommended regulation on certain foods could cause issues for the printed packaging industry and the marketing of the products...

A worker at Grafica Veneta inspects work in progress. Image: Grafica Veneta

Book printer raided in gangmaster investigation

One of Europe’s biggest book printers has become embroiled in a ‘gangmaster’ scandal involving the exploitation and abuse of foreign workers.

Moonpig: database of reminders exceeds 50m

Moonpig: customer purchasing starting to normalise

Moonpig has posted its maiden results as a PLC, and has flagged that the incredible growth at the business fuelled by the pandemic will be tempered in the future as life in general settles down to a...

Xaar's new facility is located on the Cambridge Research Park in Waterbeach

Xaar opens new corporate HQ

Xaar has officially opened its new global headquarters in Cambridgeshire.

Flint: no end in sight to ongoing raw material availability crisis

Sappi and Flint flag more price rises

Paper maker Sappi and ink manufacturer Flint have both flagged the need for further price rises due to the ongoing raw materials crisis.

The price increase will apply to deliveries from 1 September 2021

Mitsubishi HiTec Paper to up all prices by 20%

Mitsubishi HiTec Paper Europe is set to roll out another steep price rise – this time for its entire portfolio.

The P-Stackers will be installed in September

W&G Baird invests in automation

Commercial sheetfed printer W&G Baird has become the first company in the UK and Ireland to order robotic Stahlfolder P-Stackers from Heidelberg.

Scodix output: "growing interest in our solutions"

Scodix raises $19m with IPO

Scodix has raised $19m (£13.8m) through an IPO on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.

Hundsdörfer flanked by Wassenberg (left) and chairman Dr. Martin Sonnenschein

Hundsdörfer: “Heidelberg is back”

Heidelberg CEO Rainer Hundsdörfer has described the group – still the world’s largest press manufacturer – as “developing from a printing press supplier into a technology company”.

Delaney: "I ask myself, why didn’t I buy one before?"

FD Signs ups efficiency and quality with Kongsberg spend

FD Signs has quickly secured new business after installing a Kongsberg X24 Edge digital cutting table.