Post-press

Industry veteran and post-press innovator Mike Bailey has been awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours List.

Leicester trade printer Flexpress has set its sights on growth in the new year, taking on an additional 465sqm of floorspace in a neighbouring unit over the Christmas break.

Venerable Blackburn binder and folder manufacturer Modern Bookbinders has been rescued from the history books, after a Friday (20 December) acquisition by Brighouse mailing firm The Flow Group.

Plockmatic will merge its UK Intec and Morgana Systems businesses into a single limited company on 1 January, as part of a strategic push for growth.

Holywell Press has taken on a Horizon iCE StitchLiner Mark IV saddle-stitching system to boost its efficiency and support employee happiness.

Tecnau has signed a new strategic distribution agreement with Friedheim International for its complete product portfolio in the UK and Ireland, effective from January 2025, while UK and Irish...

Banbury paper-over-board specialist KSP Group has installed a brand-new casemaker, keeping the manufacturer under wraps.

Friedheim International has become the exclusive UK distributor of German manufacturer Heripack’s portfolio of automated boxing, packaging and sealing machines.

Kolbus UK managing director Greg Bird has hailed the “trust and faith” placed in the business by customers during its parent company’s period of self-administration.

Koenig & Bauer is simplifying its structure into two segments, will dramatically slim down its board, and has recruited Heidelberg’s packaging chief for a new senior role.