Retail

Formon, right, with lead technician and Jason Johnson and the new Horizon

EpicPrint spreads luxury packaging load

EpicPrint has slimmed down its turnaround times and boosted its capabilities to support premium packaging and online gifting with a Horizon rotary die-cutting line.

Allen: Onset X1 HS is a "game-changer" for the business

Impact Retail in wide-format world first

Impact Retail has brought production in-house with an Onset X1 HS – becoming the world’s first user of the new model in the process.

The 18pp downloadable guide requires no registration

Route 1 releases free bounceback guide

Route 1 Print has released a free ebook to help print businesses bounceback from lockdown as restrictions ease.

The deal covers a wide range of BT products and services

Go Inspire wins multimillion pound contract

Go Inspire Group has won a multi-year, multimillion pound lead supplier deal with one of the UK’s blue chip telecoms brands, prising the contract from print management in a competitive tender.

The Lithoman IIIS will be refurbished by Manroland Goss prior to installation

Walstead diversifies with short-grain web

Walstead Group is investing in a short-grain web press for its Spanish gravure facility as part of a strategic plan to diversify the site’s offering.

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.

Varioman web is also available in flexible packaging and book configurations

MGWS gains landmark web press deals

Manroland Goss Web Systems (MGWS) has scooped two major continental web press orders, including the first installation of its Varioman c:line web for cardboard food packaging.

Holmen: 37gsm options means printed products could become up to 16% lighter

Holmen adds lighter weight Uniq option

Holmen Paper aims to enhance its environmental appeal with a new lighter grammage version of its Uniq super-calendered paper.

Parcels boom: Royal Mail launched a new parcels collection service in October

Parcels landmark at Royal Mail

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.

Branding opportunities continue to be missed, said report

Macfarlane study highlights pandemic's packaging impact

Macfarlane Packaging’s latest 'Unboxing' survey has highlighted how online retailers are responding to the environmental concerns of consumers.