Print buying
Industry awaits Walstead decision on what's next for YM web kit
Walstead’s deal to buy at least seven web offset presses from the collapsed YM web division has resulted in feverish industry speculation about what happens next.
Lecta to up prices on specialty grades
Lecta will increase prices on all of its specialty paper grades by 8% to 10% from next month.
Avery Dennison European ops benefit from big spend
Avery Dennison is making a substantial investment in its European manufacturing capacity with programmes involving a €60m (£50.4m) spend underway.
Smurfit Kappa acquires Atlas Packaging
Smurfit Kappa UK (SKUK) has acquired corrugated packaging provider Atlas Packaging.
Walstead seals deal for YM web assets
Walstead Group has acquired most of the assets of YM Group’s shuttered web offset businesses in administration – and could reboot one of the factories if customer support makes it viable.
Drama at Lettershop as landlord takes charge
Events at troubled YM Group took a dramatic turn over the bank holiday weekend when the landlord repossessed Lettershop’s Leeds site.
Revill sets up new venture
Former YM Group sales director Norman Revill has struck out on his own with a new print consultancy.
Fourth member of £12m counterfeit currency group jailed
A fourth member of an organised crime group has been jailed for conspiring to supply more than £12m of counterfeit banknotes.
Despairing duopoly dominates April’s headlines
You could be forgiven for having a strong sense of Déjà vu when checking out April’s listicle of our most-read stories, although Paragon thankfully managed to shoulder its way into our top 10 to break...
Double down on business… cards
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