Business

Benny Landa: "We are thrilled and proud to welcome such high-profile investors"

Landa’s lab-grown diamond firm completes $90m investment round

Benny Landa’s Lusix venture, which produces lab-grown diamonds, has completed an investment round of $90m (£74.5m).

The Print Box was set up in 2015

New lease of life for The Print Box

The Print Box, based in south Staffordshire, has breathed new life into the business, diversifying and adding new staff, with the help of new funding.

Strong market conditions have continued in all UPM businesses

UPM and Stora Enso both raise outlooks

Two paper manufacturers have raised their guidance for 2022 due to strong market conditions.

DRPG is one of a clutch of recent buyers of Kongsberg kit

Purple patch for CMYUK with Kongsberg Edge

Wide-format kit dealer CMYUK has seen a flurry of orders for the Kongsberg X24 Edge digital cutting table in recent months.

WirralCo closed at the end of March. Image: Google Maps

WirralCo in liquidation

Merseyside trade printer WirralCo has gone into liquidation and shut its doors after becoming the latest victim of the pandemic.

(L-R) Partwell Group's Matthew Woodhouse with Phil Turner

White Rose Cutting Formes ups capacity with new bender

Die shop White Rose Cutting Formes has significantly expanded its production capacity with the installation of a Serviform LineA next-generation high-end bender.

Dayfold needed an MIS that could get jobs through its factory quicker

Dayfold returns to Tharstern

Dayfold has signed back up to Tharstern MIS after five years away.

110 firefighters attended the incident. Image: West Midlands Fire Service

Major blaze at Smurfit Kappa site

110 firefighters and more than 30 fire appliances have been tackling a “large-scale incident” at Smurfit Kappa’s site in Nechells, Birmingham.

L-R: Scott Hughes (DBW), Jonathan Wright (RLS), and Joanna Thomas (DBW)

Change of ownership for Reel Label Solutions

Welsh label printer Reel Label Solutions' sales director Jonathan Wright has taken a majority stake in the business, as part of a deal worth £1.2m.

Paper manufacturers are continuing to put prices up

UPM and Burgo increasing prices

UPM and Burgo are the latest paper manufacturers to roll out price increases.