Print buying

UPM to shut down PM10 later this month

UPM has concluded the employee consultation process at its Plattling mill in Bavaria and will shut down paper machine 10 (PM10) later this month.

Thamesdown Marketing Services enters administration

Swindon-based mailing house Thamesdown Marketing Services has gone into administration, with the loss of 45 jobs.

PCP brings laminating in-house

Precision Colour Printing (PCP) has boosted its in-house finishing options with a six-figure investment in a new laminator.

YM becomes biggest magazine supplier to Reach

YM Group has expanded its relationship with publisher Reach with the addition of three weekly magazine contracts.

EBB expands with Irish acquisition

Family-owned merchant Elliott Baxter (EBB) has made a substantial expansion to its cartonboard business with the acquisition of UniBoard.

De La Rue to cut 170 jobs, Unite blames passport loss

De La Rue has launched a consultation at its Gateshead Plant that could result in the loss of 170 jobs, with union Unite laying the blaming squarely on the company’s loss of its £490m UK passport...

Priplak escapes Arjowiggins following MBO

Polypropylene sheet manufacturer and distributor Priplak has untangled itself from Arjowiggins following a management buyout led by its chief executive Thomas Godey.

Paragon CC calls time on Jarrow site

Paragon Customer Communications has announced plans to shut its fulfilment site in Jarrow as it consolidates operations across fewer sites.

US gov’t attempts to block Quad/LSC merger

US group Quad/Graphics said it intends to “vigorously defend” its proposed acquisition of rival LSC Communications, in response to a lawsuit from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) which is seeking to...

Sappi Lanaken starts up PM8 following conversion

Paper machine 8 (PM8) at Sappi’s Lanaken mill in Belgium has been successfully started up following a grade conversion rebuild that has added high-quality woodfree coated paper production to its...