Print buying

Covid-19: measures in place over Italy situation
Italian suppliers to the industry are moving to mitigate the impact of the latest government restrictions there, with the entire country now on lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak.

DS Smith corrugated box volumes up in Q3
DS Smith said its trading continued to progress well in Q3 “despite macro-economic uncertainty” and reported group like-for-like corrugated box volume growth during the second half of its financial...

Callimedia left £1m shortfall
Print management firm Callimedia owed ‘UK Print plc’ more than £900,000 when it went into administration last month.

Disqualified packaging boss sentenced for breaching ban
A disqualified company director has been sentenced after he performed key management roles in two packaging companies and formed another, despite being banned.

API Foils bought out of admin
API Group’s foils division has been bought out of administration by Australian company Aldus.

DS Smith completes plastics division sale
DS Smith has completed the sale of its plastics division to Stamford, Connecticut-based Olympus Partners and its affiliate, flexible packaging specialist Liqui-Box.

NTF rolls out sheetfed paper wrapping
Nottingham Trade Finishers (NTF) aims to capitalise on the growing trend for paper wrapping with a new niche service that allows printers to provide their own pre-printed sheets to be used as the...

Taylor Bloxham creditors count cost of group's collapse
Taylor Bloxham Group was insolvent on a cashflow and balance sheet basis and had just £20,000 in the bank at the time of its administration, with creditors of the business owed more than £7m.

Macfarlane notches up 10th consecutive year of growth
Macfarlane Group marked its 10th consecutive year of growth in 2019 after seeing a 4% increase in sales and a 10% rise in pre-tax profit.

Busiest year yet for Two Sides’ anti-greenwash campaign
Two Sides’ anti-greenwash campaign experienced its busiest year to date in 2019, with 131 companies removing misleading anti-paper statements.