Print buying

ePac: huge user of HP digital printing kit

ePac presses ahead with continental expansion

ePac has confirmed its planned expansion into continental Europe with the opening of two new sites.

Door drops continue to have unrivalled effectiveness

Door drop volumes sink, but value remains unchallenged

While the DMA’s latest report on door drops paints a bleak picture on volumes, which have fallen by almost 1bn in two years, market value has proved surprisingly resilient over the same period with...

New promo "an immense team achievement”

Kellogg's launches major personalised print promo

Kellogg’s has turned to the power of print for a clever new promotion involving personalised cereal box covers.

Argos catalogues: more than 1bn have been printed since the 1970s

Argos lays catalogue to rest, Xmas guide to continue

Argos is bidding a “fond farewell” to its iconic catalogue after nearly 50 years of producing the so-called ‘Book of Dreams’.

James Cropper: paper business has been hit hardest

Restructure planned at James Cropper

James Cropper is restructuring after its paper division in particular was hit by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Wiley has a large facility at Bognor Regis. Image: Google Maps

CPI and Wiley in new partnership

CPI Group has teamed with publisher Wiley on a new joint venture for on-demand printing and inventory management.

Narayan: craft skills built up over 40 years

New venture for Narayan with Bensons Bookbinding

Award-winning bookbinder Chris Narayan has set up his own business after being made redundant because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The firm's machine was in production a day after delivery

Jones and Palmer invests for finishing flexibility

Report and accounts and corporate comms specialist Jones and Palmer has upgraded its stitching with a new Horizon SPF-200L bookletmaker as it prepares to flex to changing client needs.

Royal Mail: not seeing any change as yet in customer behaviour as lockdown eases

Royal Mail: parcels boom, letters tank

Letter volumes were down by almost 800m items during the three months to the end of June, according to the latest update from Royal Mail.

Malpas: It’s a real partnership

Hampton in UK Subscription Plus first

Hampton Printing (Bristol) has become the first UK printer to finance a new press through Heidelberg’s Subscription Plus 'pay per sheet' model and is set to install the new Speedmaster XL 106 next...