Coronavirus
Magic money tree has propped us up, but it is due to be felled soon
Back in September, a consortium of printing industry trade bodies gloomily wrote to the chancellor Rishi Sunak warning him that 3,000 print business would be at risk of sinking without a trace if...
Langley results: Manroland gears up for growing demand
Langley Holdings has reported 2020 results for a “a year like no other”, while its press manufacturing subsidiary Manroland Sheetfed has “opened the taps” and returned to full production in...
February favours long overdue good news
February may be the shortest month, but as our rundown illustrates there was no shortage of big stories and top of the pile by a country mile was some welcome news.
Reach reports on tumultuous year
Media group Reach has made a near-£50m write-down in connection to the closure of two of its print sites, which also involved almost £17m in costs.
Koenig & Bauer sales beat expectations
Koenig & Bauer expects sales for 2020 to be above prior estimates at €1bn-plus, thanks to accounting changes that have altered the group’s revenue recognition policy.
Quadient targets ecomms with fit-to-size packaging
Quadient is anticipating booming demand for its fit-to-size packaging solutions as ecommerce sales continue to grow, while at the same time consumers rail against the use of oversized packaging.
End of the line for SCA publication paper
SCA will make its last reel of publication paper today as the group shuts down the last remaining paper machine at its Ortviken mill.
Macfarlane reports ‘resilient’ results ahead of expectations
Macfarlane Group achieved both sales and pre-tax profit growth in 2020, with its results ahead of its previous expectations, despite the challenging market conditions due to the impact of the...
Horizon launches new fully automated small-format folder
Horizon has launched a new fully automated small-format 8-buckle folder targeted at simplifying pharmaceutical leaflet and small-format folding production.
Roadmap out of lockdown: industry reacts
Industry leaders have broadly welcomed the government’s new plan for a four-step roadmap out of lockdown in England.