Print buying

Pigs can fly

Jo Francis ponders the small print around Moonpig's flotation plans.

Winsor: "We are seeing the demand for folding work growing"

BFE updates finishing with double Morgana purchase

Business Forms Express (BFE) has bolstered its existing portfolio of Morgana kit with the purchase of two more machines – an AutoFold Pro and an EBA 6660 guillotine.

Winners will be announced at a virtual awards ceremony in June

Stationers’ Innovation Excellence Awards returns for 2021

The Stationers’ Company has launched its 2021 Innovation Excellence Awards, the first since 2019 as the scheme was postponed last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

HH Global: trading between March-September 2020 was “resilient”

HH results reflect 'momentous' year

Sales at HH Global continued their upward trajectory in the group’s latest results, with margins also increasing – although exceptional costs and share-based payment expenses complicated the bottom...

Arjobex has a UK base in Clacton-on-Sea. Image: Google Maps

Arjobex acquires MDV Group

Arjobex Synthetic Papers has acquired Germany-based specialty papers and films manufacturer and coater MDV Group.

Next: online sales and keeping warehouses in action came to fore last year

Next boosts in-house print op with Ricoh spend

Retailer Next has gone public with details about how its latest spend on Ricoh kit for its in-house print department helped the business adapt to Covid-19 trading restrictions.

An estimated 202 million printed books were sold in the UK in 2020

Printed book sales pass 200m in 2020 despite pandemic

More than 200 million printed books were sold in the UK last year for the first time since 2012, despite the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

New Alphadrum will have 20 fully-automatic slitter knives

Colombier adds packaging conversion

Colombier UK is adding to its specialist conversion services with a substantial investment in a new coiler/rewinder for packaging grades that can produce narrow reels down to 50mm.

The new range will be available from stock in 80gsm reels

Denmaur seizes paper wrap opportunity

Denmaur Paper Media has further embraced the move away from polywrapping by adding its first stock substrate developed specifically for paper wrapping.

Beese with DecTek's second Titanium cutter

DecTek pivots again with new packaging offering

DecTek is pivoting into short-run packaging production with a substantial investment in additional space and new kit, including its third Titanium cutter.