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Grafenia plans global growth for Nettl, more M&A
Grafenia has posted a £1m loss but is now aiming for “a year of progress” with even more ambitious plans for its Nettl offering and aspirations to leverage its listed status.

‘We just like going for it. We’re workers’
Earlier this year, Aron Priest and Andy Smith, joint managing directors and co-founders of the UK’s largest online trade printing business, Solopress, sold their circa £21m-turnover Southend-on-Sea...

Will the printing industry get hip to the social scene?
In July 2009, a former PrintWeek staffer made an astonishing prediction: “This time next year no one will be talking about Twitter”, positing the idea that, one year to the day, Twitter’s traffic...

Calendars acquired out of administration
Calendars & Diaries of Bristol, which trades as Brunel Promotions and BrunelPrint, has been acquired out of administration by Novercal, a sister company to Rose Calendars.

Grafenia updates market, appoints new chairman
Grafenia has reported strong print sales in March in a trading update ahead of its year-end, although it described business as “mixed”.

Pixartprinting launches bespoke packaging service
Pixartprinting has launched an online customisable packaging service following a “multimillion-euro” investment in a digital packaging production line, dubbed Catalyst.

Octink launches W2P service
West London-based sign and graphics provider Octink has launched W2P service, Print Guardian, to improve ordering efficiency for its construction industry clients.

‘In a digital world print stands out’
PrintWeek was extremely proud to welcome Robert Keane, the chief executive of Cimpress and the founder of Vistaprint, as the first keynote speaker at the inaugural PrintWeekLive! event.
Solopress sale is an inspiring tale
Jo Francis salutes the hard work behind the Solopress success story.

Soft trading and price war hit Grafenia
Grafenia has issued a second profits warning ahead of its year-end, with soft trading combined with the price war in trade printing impacting the group’s performance.