Print buying

Tall Group has emerged as the victor in a long-running patent infringement case brought against the business by much larger rival Communisis.

A vehicle graphics specialist suffered a major theft over the weekend with parts stripped from several brand new Mercedes vans belonging to a client.

Arjowiggins is to cut just over 70 jobs at its Stoneywood Mill in Scotland as the business, which was rescued from administration last year, battles the fallout from Covid-19.

Parcels revenue has overtaken letters for the first time at Royal Mail, which has upped its investment to handle the Christmas ‘peak’ by around £100m this year.

Macfarlane Group has reported better than expected revenue for the second half of the year to date and revealed a change to its board as its longstanding finance director gears up for retirement.

Shares in James Cropper rose dramatically this week on the back of its latest results and hopes for its PaperGard self-sanitising paper and sustainable packaging products.

Integrated communications provider Adare SEC has joined Quadient’s ‘Digital Now’ programme as it looks to accelerate its clients’ digital transformation journeys.

While packaging print market growth will be limited this year, it will continue to expand over the next five years, according to new research from Smithers.

Holmen Paper has launched a new sustainable, food safe flexible packaging paper that is also being pitched as a potential alternative to polywrap.

A new Yorkshire-based mask making business aims to produce a fully-compostable disposable mask, with optional printing for branding or security purposes.