Print buying

UK-headquartered flexo pre-press group Reproflex3 has acquired New Zealand pre-press supplier Opti-flex.

Konica Minolta has warned that graphic arts toner production will not resume until November as it attempts to source alternative supply to keep customers presses running.

Print buyers are being warned to plan their paper requirements months ahead, with reports of ‘gazumping’ on previously agreed mill prices and a global squeeze on the availability of some paper types.

The creative design team at Alexir has developed a dual-purpose, fully recyclable packaging product for dried foods.

The eighth Visual Media Conference (VMC) has concluded its first three-day event, which attracted more than 300 attendees.

Timsons book printing presses are to be revived through a new joint venture between CPI UK and Timsons Engineering.

Guardian News & Media is set to publish revamped supplements this weekend as part of cost-cutting measures announced last year.

Delga Press is celebrating its 60th anniversary – a year later than originally planned due to last year’s pandemic restrictions.

Trade association Print Scotland has honoured four young apprentices in its sixth annual Scottish Print Apprentice of the Year Awards.

A specialist outsourcer for creative agencies headquartered in Singapore and using teams in India and other low-cost economies has opened a new UK operation and appointed a new chairman to enhance its...