Companies & suppliers

FPL Signs returns to Vivid for VeloBlade install
FPL Signs has taken on a new VeloBlade Nexus digital die-cutting system from Vivid Laminating Technologies to bolster its in-house offering.

Pantone explains controversial colour changes
Pantone has added 224 mixed colours and five base ink colours to the Pantone Matching System – with some of the new formulations causing angst among printing industry pros.

HP rolls out PageWide Advantage enhancements
HP is using Hunkeler Innovationdays to unveil a raft of enhancements to its PageWide Advantage 2200 press, which it is showing for the first time in Europe at the Swiss specialist trade show this...

Canon launches ProStream 3000 high-speed inkjets
Canon has launched the next generation of its high-speed, web-fed inkjet presses for commercial print at Hunkeler Innovationdays.

The February and March issue is out now. Our ‘2023 Shortlist issue’ is jam-packed with the best the UK print industry has to offer as well as all the usual thought-provoking insights and the latest news and views...
Then issue opens with a question: Is the fact there are fewer skilled workers in print a bad thing?

Koenig & Bauer improves profitability in 2022
Koenig & Bauer has reported that, based on its preliminary and as yet unaudited figures, its preliminary group EBIT for 2022 has exceeded its own forecast, as well as market expectations.

Mondi reports on 2022
Mondi has posted sales on continuing operations up 28% last year, with an even bigger increase in operating profits at the packaging and paper group.

Hunkeler Innovationdays exhibitors outline plans for next week
After a pandemic-enforced break, Swiss manufacturer Hunkeler’s specialist trade show Hunkeler Innovationdays will return next week and a raft of exhibitors have outlined what they plan to show.

Macfarlane Group reports continued growth for 2022
Macfarlane Group continued on its growth path in 2022, with its revenue climbing by 10% and its pre-tax profit rising by 7%, ahead of market expectations.

Tense session for Royal Mail bosses
Royal Mail bosses faced further scrutiny over their approach to the USO, among other matters, in the latest appearance before MPs with committee chair Darren Jones saying that answers had “completely...