Coronavirus

Drupa: Covid-19 pandemic has given some exhibitors cold feet about 2021 expo

Bombshell for Drupa as Heidelberg pulls out

Drupa 2021 has been dealt a major blow after Heidelberg – still the world’s largest press manufacturer – pulled out of all international expos next year including Drupa.

Group managing director David Orr (left) with Tony Clifton, group sales director in front of the Vega Altair

Fencor praises staff as it invests for growth

Fencor Packaging Group has thanked its staff for embracing the “Dunkirk spirit” during lockdown, helping it weather the Covid storm as it rounds off a two-year, £4m spend.

The 1.6m-wide EFI H1625 LED is capable of up to 42sqm/hr

Ur Print rolls out bounce back plan

Ur Print is looking to bounce back out of lockdown and regain the pre-Covid momentum that led it to invest around £100,000 to beef up its wide-format production firepower.

Heidelberg's latest stats show worldwide production trends

Heidelberg and Fuji stats show some signs of pick-up

The latest printing industry performance stats from Heidelberg show some signs of recovery in the UK commercial print market, although it is still lagging behind the rest of Europe.

This year's PoP event will be hosted online

Power of Print goes online

This year’s annual Power of Print seminar is to embrace the power of digital and be hosted online to ensure it’s not impacted by the Coronavirus restrictions.

The area of Leicester where restrictions still apply. Image: Leicester City Council, Ordnance Survey

'Plan B' advice in case lockdown returns

A Leicester-based promotional products specialist has urged company bosses to have a ‘Plan B’ in case other cities also end up back in lockdown.

Pandemic has resulted in a host of new product categories for print firms

WTTB puts multi-billion price tag on becoming Covid-secure

Research by Where The Trade Buys has put a staggering £3.68bn price tag on the UK-wide costs of being Covid-secure as businesses return to work.

Atkinson: We want to do the right thing

Forecast beating Macfarlane to repay furlough cash

Macfarlane Group has promised to repay the furlough cash it has received from the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme after reporting that lockdown and the Covid crisis hadn’t impacted sales...

Sheetfed printing: some major markets have reduced or even disappeared altogether

Sheetfed printers reshape

Sheetfed printers are beginning to take action to reshape their businesses as customers emerge from lockdown.

Jarrold: "commercial print has been affected significantly"

BPIF: slow pace of recovery has implications for print

BPIF chief executive Charles Jarrold has detailed current industry sentiment across the regions as businesses reach ‘stage three’ of the Covid crisis.