Companies & suppliers

Antalis’ digital academy is extending the breadth of its educational offering beyond digital technical support, and has rebranded as Antalis Academy to mark the change.

Sun Chemical will make its debut at PrintWeekLive! this year with a focus on its specialist and LED products.

FT Solutions has gone into administration, with debts to trade creditors expected to total around £3.4m, and its trade assets have subsequently been acquired by Paragon Customer Communications.

Laser Bureau has separated from its parent company Cutture ahead of its exhibition debut as a standalone business at PrintWeekLive! 2018.

Paper producer Sappi has expanded its containerboard product range with the launch of Fusion Uncoated.

Adare SEC has undergone a major tech overhaul with the installation and upgrading of several machines at its Huddersfield and Redditch sites.

Substrate supplier Leipa UK is planning to expand its packaging offering and recycling presence in the UK.

As COO at Adare SEC, Barry Crich has enjoyed a productive year of newfound independence for his company, and hopes to reflect on success before heading into the new year.

In what is thought to be a first for the recycling industry, Prismm Environmental has carried out a recyclable paper trade using the digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin.

Brian Thomas, one of the five former directors of Anton Group charged with Cheating the Public Revenue, has pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court to all three charges brought against him.