Disciplines

Packaging Innovations unveils new features
Packaging Innovations and Empack 2022 will introduce two new interactive features at the event next month.

Blog: Tangled web powerplay
Jo Francis wonders what will happen next in the latest saga involving UK web offset printers.

Lecta reports on 2021
Lecta has reported big increases in revenue and EBITDA but a pre-tax loss from continuing operations in 2021.

Big hybrid mail tender among new trio up for grabs
A hybrid mail tender worth close to £1m is currently open via the government’s Find a Tender service, with a couple of other large print related tenders also live.

Flint brings in monthly surcharge
Flint Group’s Commercial Publication Web (CPW) division has announced that it is introducing a monthly surcharge for web offset printers worldwide due to “hyperinflation” of ink costs.

Icahn increases Xerox holding
Activist investor Carl Icahn has upped his stake in Xerox after its share price fell sharply last week.

Arc invests in new Dartford site
Arc-UK Technologies has moved manufacturing from London to a modern new facility in Dartford where it plans to expand and push forward its ambitions to be carbon neutral.

Postal workers could ballot for strike action
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has said over 115,000 postal workers may ballot for strike action if Royal Mail management do not negotiate a “no strings” pay rise by next week.

DS Smith reports continued second-half momentum
DS Smith is trading in line with management expectations during its second-half period.

Record results for Stora Enso
Stora Enso has reported its highest quarterly EBIT in some 20 years and an all-time-high margin in its Q1 results.