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UK plastics raw materials distributor Plastribution Group has acquired Leicester-based thermoplastics sheet supplier Eagle Plastics.

Agfa has pushed back completion of the sale of its Offset Solutions business by a week, as the group reported on a “transformative year” with the consequences writ large in its accounts.

Intergraf has highlighted a French law regulating the use of mineral oils in printing inks, which it said is impacting the European market, including European printers placing printed products on the...

Manroland Sheetfed has streamlined its German operation with 140 jobs, around 15% of the workforce, going as a result.

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.

A physicist who’s also an inkjet expert has proposed a potential energy-saving alternative method for drying water-based inkjet.

Then issue opens with a question: Is the fact there are fewer skilled workers in print a bad thing?

HeiQ Materials has made a fresh filing in its ongoing legal action against Hi-Tech Coatings owner ICP Industrial, which is itself in the process of being sold, and with HeiQ’s total claim now "well in...

Paper and materials merchant Premier has opened a new stock holding branch in Wellingborough.

Dutch coatings specialist Stahl is to acquire ICP Industrial Solutions Group (ISG).