Print buying

Screaming Colour: significant value in former MD's connections with customers

Screaming Colour bids revealed

Three bids were made for Screaming Colour before Pureprint was successful with its six-figure offer for the firm’s box making division.

The company's new machine has seven print units

Smurfit Kappa Chelmsford in £5.5m kit spend

Smurfit Kappa Chelmsford has invested £5.5m in a Gopfert HBL machine to boost its print capability along with material handling for its conversion production areas.

Roche: The new feature benefits both printers and buyers using the system

Haybrooke launches price match feature for PDQ

Print procurement specialist Haybrooke has gone live with a new feature in its PDQ print buying platform that will allow printers to automatically match the price of their competitors.

Donelan: New laws release British businesses from unnecessary red tape

UK GDPR replacement data laws unveiled

New data laws are being introduced by technology secretary Michelle Donelan today (8 March) in parliament that the government said will cut down pointless paperwork for businesses and reduce cookie...

Klose: Seeking more guidance from the French government

Intergraf flags French law regulating mineral oils

Intergraf has highlighted a French law regulating the use of mineral oils in printing inks, which it said is impacting the European market, including European printers placing printed products on the...

Heinzel will take over the Steyrermühl site from UPM on 1 January 2024. Image: Heinzel

Heinzel to convert idled Steyrermühl paper machine

Heinzel Group is set to convert an idled paper machine at the Steyrermühl mill in Austria to produce sustainable kraft papers for flexible packaging.

Bailey: Found.us is a disruptive force providing content to an eager audience

Precision Proco targets social media stars with book publishing arm

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.

(L-R) Propack MD Jason Clough with CEO and founder Neil Lloyd

Propack launches sustainable greetings cards business

Propack has launched its own online sustainable greetings cards retail business, Planet Bee Cards.

Royal Mail: 25% decline in letters compared to pre-pandemic

Royal Mail hikes stamp prices, agrees new talks with CWU

Royal Mail has announced an inflation-busting near-16% increase in the price of First Class stamps, which will breach the £1 mark for the first time.

Atkinson: "Suttons is a profitable, well invested company with an experienced management team"

Macfarlane Group acquires Suttons

Macfarlane Group has acquired specialist protective packaging manufacturing business A.E. Sutton, which trades as Suttons Performance Packaging.