Print buying

Olympus Print Group operates from a 5,000sqm production site. Image: Google Maps

Olympus Print Group acquired by German group

Olympus Print Group has been acquired by Hamburg-headquartered All4Labels Global Packaging Group.

Soaring gas prices have seen firms' electricity bills jump by three to four times

Industry reacts to energy crisis

Soaring energy prices have seen yet another increase in overhead costs for printers, but for those whose contracts are coming to an end, the leap in prices has been enormous.

Customers are questioning how their relationship with UPM can ever be repaired

UPM strike: despair as union rejects proposals

Printers and print buyers are in despair after the Finnish Paperworkers' Union rejected the four UPM strike settlement proposals on the table –  apparently due to the impasse at Communication Papers...

Weekend: new issue will be printed in a larger font size

Daily Mail revamps Weekend

DMG Media will ‘relaunch’ the Daily Mail’s Weekend magazine this Saturday.

Communication Papers: biggest unit lost money last year

Shop stewards demand action at UPM Communication Papers

Chief shop stewards at UPM businesses have written an open letter to the firm’s CEO demanding that negotiations to resolve long-running strike action should be resumed immediately at its Communication...

Filthy 48pp Lithoman III: could it scrub up nicely?

YM web and bindery kit up for sale

Printing and post-press kit from YM’s Pindar and York Mailing sites is being offered for sale by private treaty.

The London edition has an average print run of 310,000 magazines fortnightly. Image: Time Out Group

Time Out to stop printing London edition

Media and hospitality business Time Out is set to cease printing the London edition of its free magazine at the end of June.

The pandemic has had a massive impact on designers’ tastes

‘Phygital’ future for colour, say designers

The pandemic has powered a trend for colours and designs that transcend the borders between media, as UK designers gear up for a future where technology is integrated even closer into our daily lives,...

Dean Packaging's services include bespoke corrugated boxes

Paragon adds to packaging wing

Paragon Group has expanded its nascent packaging business with the acquisition of Dean Packaging.

York Mailing: could Elvington site be resurrected?

Deadline looms for YM web sales

It’s a crucial week for future web offset capacity in the UK as the deadline looms for bids on YM Group’s former web offset sites and assets.