Print buying

Waitrose trials new scannable print with Christmas brochure
Waitrose has printed its latest Christmas food brochure with cutting edge scan-to-buy technology, where customers can point their phone camera at any product in the brochure to find it online.

Quad/Graphics sells European print wing
Quad/Graphics is exiting European print production with a deal to sell its continental operations to a private equity group that has ambitions to become the regional leader in print and integrated...

Your October and November issue covers the usual smorgasbord of business topics, with the cover feature looking at best practice for bringing in a new leader and the risks of getting it wrong…
As usual the magazine opens with our news briefings which this time look back at Printing United and look forward to Power of Print, before analysing the worrying spike in industry insolvencies –...

Bensons Bookbinding seeks new location
Craft bookbinder and box maker Chris Narayan is searching for new premises and hopes to find a printing company or related business with some suitable spare space.

CB Printforce UK shuttered
On-demand book and journal printer CB Printforce UK has gone into administration.

Ordnance Survey goes live with tender worth up to £25m
A tender with a value that could reach around £25m to produce Ordnance Survey (OS) paper maps has gone live.

Stora Enso comments on postponement of payments to suppliers
Stora Enso’s president and CEO has commented after it was revealed that the company postponed payments to some suppliers by one week in the last weeks of June and September this year.

Swizzels trials paperboard container
Popular retro sweet brand Swizzels is trialling a new paperboard box for its Sweet Shop Favourites selection, produced by Affinity Packaging.

The three pillars of digital production success
Constant market evolution, new business opportunities and fresh challenges are continually driving operational change for screen printers. To thrive, they need to focus on ways to improve their...

International Paper shareholders approve DS Smith deal
International Paper has confirmed that at a shareholder meeting in connection with its proposed “combination” with DS Smith, the necessary approval of its shareholders was obtained.