Print buying

Crunch talks between Royal Mail and the CWU have been extended, with “progress made in some areas”.

Integrated communications provider Adare SEC has signed a three-year contract extension with retailer N Brown Group for the provision of transactional print and hybrid mail services.

An unnamed label printer is benefiting from Nigel Farage’s move into branded products with Farage Gin, described as “a taste of Brexit”.

The Norwich Printing Museum, formerly the John Jarrold Printing Museum, has begun searching for a permanent home to its extensive collection.

Antalis has finessed the range of creative papers it acquired from the administrators at Arjowiggins as part of the relaunch of the products.

Three bids were made for Screaming Colour before Pureprint was successful with its six-figure offer for the firm’s box making division.

Smurfit Kappa Chelmsford has invested £5.5m in a Gopfert HBL machine to boost its print capability along with material handling for its conversion production areas.

Print procurement specialist Haybrooke has gone live with a new feature in its PDQ print buying platform that will allow printers to automatically match the price of their competitors.

New data laws are being introduced by technology secretary Michelle Donelan today (8 March) in parliament that the government said will cut down pointless paperwork for businesses and reduce cookie...

Intergraf has highlighted a French law regulating the use of mineral oils in printing inks, which it said is impacting the European market, including European printers placing printed products on the...