Business

Roberts: confident for the future

Profits soar for DS Smith

DS Smith has reported another strong set of annual results, with its pre-tax profit ballooning by 75% and its revenue also growing.

(L-R) The Big Display Company's Jack Murphy with Agfa's Paul Fitch

The Big Display Company upgrades with first Agfa

Trade printer The Big Display Company has started to target new markets after benefiting from the installation of its first Agfa press.

(L-R) winners Fraser Galloway, Nathan Burns, Laura Macdonald and Becky Young

Scottish print apprentices honoured at awards

The importance of apprentices to the future of the print industry in Scotland has been recognised across the sector in the eighth annual Scottish Print Apprentice of the Year awards.

Royal Mail: will quality of service be restored?

Royal Mail ballot underway at last

The ballot of CWU members working at Royal Mail has opened today, almost a month after it was suspended due to a “culture of imposition” at the postal operator.

Badgemaster produces 10,000 staff name badges every day

Badgemaster launches new identity and invests as it turns 30

Name badge manufacturer Badgemaster has celebrated its 30-year anniversary with major capital investment and a new brand image.

Lawn: "Our industry needs young talent, with fresh ideas and perspective"

Picon expands council

Picon has appointed Fujifilm Europe head of print-on-demand Mark Lawn and Komori UK managing director Steve Turner to its council.

Doogan: "We are beginning to plan our net-zero target"

Denmaur secures science-based first

Denmaur Independent Papers claims to have become the first national paper and board merchant to have a science-based target validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

Thorncliffe Business Park is ePac's second UK home

ePac creates jobs with Sheffield expansion

ePac Flexible Packaging has expanded into an additional 2,500sqm site at a Sheffield business park for its new regional base, creating 30 new jobs in the process.

The installation is planned to go live in October

W.E. Roberts invests in ePS Escada quality and process control

W.E. Roberts has partnered with ePS Escada to automate its corrugator and streamline its operations by implementing Escada’s Profile and Syncro systems.

(L-R) Biopax's Liam O’Connor and Terry Cross, Invest NI's Mel Chittock, and MP Paul Maskey. Image: Invest NI

Green packaging start-up to create 169 jobs

A new green packaging business owned by former Delta Print and Packaging chairman Terry Cross is set to create 169 jobs.