Disciplines

JRS: relief, resentment, reinstatement, resignations, revamps, and… redundancy

Jo Francis thinks the government’s furlough scheme is fantastic, but it will also have far-reaching consequences.

L-R: Hanns Martin Kaiser, Siegwerk VP paper & board EMEA, and Jens Frings, Varcotec MD ink the deal

Siegwerk adds 'revolutionary' anti-bac coating to range

Ink manufacturer Siegwerk has signed an exclusive deal to supply a “revolutionary” water-based, light-activated anti-microbial flood coating that is fully recyclable and remains active for up to three...

Grants are for recycling or re-use of clothing or linen waste textiles

WRAP extends and simplifies grant scheme

Not-for-profit organisation WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) has extended the deadline and revamped its £1.5m textiles grant fund, removing the match funding requirement and simplifying the...

Norske Skog's Golbey mill in France

Norske Skog to enter packaging market

Publication paper specialist Norske Skog is moving into the corrugated packaging market with a €350m investment in converting two newsprint machines to containerboard production.

Magazines: newsstand sales have fallen during lockdown

Large groups begin consulting on job cuts

Some of the UK’s biggest print businesses are starting to make redundancies, as the industry reshapes for the post-Corona economy.

Gardiner Graphics Group has three UK manufacturing plants

Gardiner takes over Roland DG branded media programme

UK-based wide-format substrates specialist Gardiner Graphics Supplies Europe has signed a deal to take over Roland DG’s branded media business across EMEA.

The e-book includes twenty sales scripts

Former print buyer reveals sales secrets

Print buying expert and sales trainer Matthew Parker has published a new book which he said helps unlocks the secrets of successful sales.

De La Rue: cutting back UK currency printing

De La Rue: turnaround plan is further hit for Gateshead

Hundreds more skilled print jobs are set to go at De La Rue’s Gateshead site after the security printer announced plans to cease banknote printing there as part of its Turnaround Plan.

Agfa's new robot can feed two plate lines

Agfa unveils new products; consolidates plate ops

Hot on the heels of announcing the closure of two of its European plate plants, Agfa has given a taster of some of the products that will be unveiled in the coming days in its ‘virtual Drupa’,...

Byström: removing organisational barriers between AVT and Esko

Esko and AVT to merge

Danaher-owned industry suppliers Esko and AVT have come together to “extend packaging value chain connectivity”.