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Boxer Froch to open new Wilkins factory
Four-time world champion boxer Carl Froch will open the third phase of the multimillion-pound factory later this week for packaging firm the Wilkins Group.
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Map Marketing in pre-pack
Map Marketing’s directors have bought out the company’s assets for £140,000 in a pre-pack sale, just two years after buying out the rest of the company’s management.
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IPIA rounds off busy year with successful Expo
The IPIA’s Recognising Excellence Expo proved a successful conclusion to a bumper year for the association, which has seen its profile rise even higher.
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Hybrid acquires Quadraxis Technology
Hybrid Software Group has acquired the technology and intellectual property of French company Quadraxis, which developed 3D scanning and image processing technology.
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Significant increases in mail engagement and effectiveness in Q3
JICMail, the joint industry currency for ad mail, has released its data for Q3 2022, which found there has been a significant increase in the amount of mail UK consumers are reading and looking at and...
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HH sales top £1.5bn
Sales at HH Global have soared past the £1.5bn mark on the back of its string of acquisitions, and profitability at the group is also vastly improved.
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"We’re Europe’s most cost-effective high-volume printer"
Craig Hall, who heads Em De Jong’s UK office, details how the high-volume printer offers the biggest range of formats, produced on the most up-to-date printing presses in the market.
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Labour frontbencher calls for Royal Mail inquiry; strike impact laid bare
Shadow secretary of state for Business and Industrial Strategy Jonathan Reynolds has written to secretary of state for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Grant Shapps to address his “extreme...
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Some eras end while others are reborn in November’s listicle
The month’s list of Printweek’s most read stories is top ‘n’ tailed by a major player calling it a day at its UK operation while another leading light welcomes a new era as it changes hands.
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The Printed Gift Shop expands into B2B
Personalised gift printer The Printed Gift Shop (TPGS) has taken its first step into large-format B2B work by installing a Mimaki UCJV300-160 1.6m-wide roll-to-roll UV LED printer.