Business
Kolbus accelerates move into packaging with Autobox acquisition
Kolbus Group has acquired UK kit manufacturer Autobox Machinery as it continues its move into packaging.
Leach doubles print capacity with £500k spend
Large-format graphics specialist Leach has invested £500,000 in a new Durst Rhotex 325 printer to double the capacity of its Yorkshire factory to a 500sqm/hr print rate.
Taylor Bloxham secures colour quality accreditation
Print and marketing communications company Taylor Bloxham Group has been awarded the BPIF Colour Quality Management Scheme certification for ISO 12647:2013.
Pair jailed over fake passports and ID cards
Two men have been sent to jail for running a criminal business making and supplying false passports and ID documents.
Unite calls off strike action at Communisis Crewe
Strike action at the Communisis cheque printing operation in Crewe has been called off after Unite members and management settled a dispute over pay.
James Cropper warns on profits
Cumbrian papermaker James Cropper has warned that the net impact of the sustained current high pulp price is expected to hit its pre-tax profits for the current year by £2m more than initially...
Automation set to create more jobs than it eliminates
Printers are ushering in automation as the World Economic Forum (WEF) speaks of a ‘robot revolution’ that could see machines and algorithms carry out more tasks than humans by 2025 but may also create...
Don’t panic over the Brexit bump
This month marks 10 years since the collapse of Lehman Brothers sparked the global financial crisis. Happy anniversary.
The printer’s view of Brexit: two years on, six months out
In the small hours of 24 June 2016, seemingly almost a lifetime ago, David Dimbleby made an announcement to a stunned nation: “At 20 minutes to five, we can now say, the decision taken in 1975 by this...
Build sustainable growth with a tighter focus
The direct mail sector, like much of the printing industry, can’t claim to have had the easiest of times in recent years.