Print buying

IC Printing Services' five-colour Heidelberg Printmaster was operational within days

TheMPC rounds out service offering with litho firm acquisition

Digital print, promotion and wide-format firm TheMPC has acquired local litho printer IC Printing Services, adding B3 litho to its service list.

Drawings from Wallace & Gromit creator Nick Park are part of the auction

Adare SEC charity auction backed by major names

More than 40 stars of stage, screen, music, literature, sport and the art world have been getting creative in support of Adare SEC’s charity envelope auction.

York Media celebrates inaugural print job

Start-up York Media has printed the first commercial work on its huge new web press – and is already planning to add a 16pp cover web and perfect binding to its offering.

Anti-competitive activities; UK exits, and insolvency shortfalls – but not all bad news

Our roundup of September’s biggest stories makes for a tough read in parts, but rest assured there was a smattering of good news to lighten the industry’s mood.

Deliveroo expands with personalised gifting partnership

Deliveroo has expanded into personalised gifting through a new partnership with Not On The High Street.

Approach Print liquidated

Approach Print has gone into voluntary liquidation after a drop-off in print work put paid to the firm’s plans to roll out a new software platform.

Inapa France could be bought. Image: Google Maps

Japan Pulp and Paper bids for Inapa France

The insolvency administrator for Portuguese paper distribution group Inapa IPG has presented an addendum to its previous report to confirm that Japan Pulp and Paper Co has launched a bid to buy Inapa...

Jim Spencer identified the print as an extremely rare copy of the German master's work

Renaissance master’s print rescued from tip bought for £33,000

A rare original print by German Renaissance master Albrecht Dürer has sold at auction, 13 years after it was rescued from the tip.

Switch focuses on in-store bakery products

Sainsbury's revamps bakery packs to cut plastic

Sainsbury’s has turned its attention to bakery products in its latest move to reduce plastic packaging in favour of paper-based alternatives.

Inapa recently changed its headquarters from Lisbon to Sintra. Image: Inapa

Administrator updates on Inapa situation

The insolvency administrator for Portuguese paper distribution group Inapa IPG has updated on the company’s situation, with confirmation that proposals have been received for various parts of the...