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Lanaken is an integrated pulp and paper mill. Image: Sappi
Lanaken currently employs 644 workers

Sappi begins consultation process on Lanaken future

Sappi has started a consultation process on the potential closure of its Lanaken Mill in Belgium, while also announcing that it has completed its consultation process on the possible closure of its...

Additional 400sqm added

Fujifilm confirms expanded presence at Drupa 2024

Fujifilm has confirmed that its stand space at Drupa 2024 will be 20% bigger than at the last show in 2016, with the Japanese manufacturer gearing up to showcase a much-expanded portfolio.

Reflex's new Versant 4100 is capable of printing sheets up to 1.2m long or 864mm in duplex
'We just got on with it'

Versant upgrade helps Reflex power through flood impact

Reflex Print has stepped up its production after purchasing a brand-new Xerox Versant 4100.

Imageco has seen recent success with its Doc Marten POS campaign
The firm will take on three staff for the grant

Imageco wins £45k grant for SwissQ install

Leeds wide-format and signage printer Imageco has won a £45,000 grant towards a SwissQprint Nyala 4 flatbed press, in exchange for creating several entry-level jobs.

PDS now employs 60 at its two Wellingborough sites

PDS celebrates 25 years of print management

Print management company Print Data Solutions (PDS) has celebrated its 25th year in business, with founder Nick Shelton putting the company’s success down to its staff.

PPL's Webmaster UV press is open to bids higher than £10,000
The sale includes machinery and £100,000 of stock

Closed label company's kit auctioned off

More than 340 items from Pharmaceutical Packaging Leeds (PPL) have gone up for sale in an online auction, following the firm’s administration in July.

The Student has been published continuously since 1887
136-year-old title needs help

Europe’s oldest student newspaper fights to stay in print

Edinburgh University’s The Student newspaper has launched a fundraiser to stay in print, after the loss of a major print advertiser in the spring.

(L-R) Signbox managing director Mark Bartlett and Nyala operator Sam Penhearow
Machine prints at up to 206sqm/hr

Signbox enhances performance with SwissQprint install

Signbox has installed a SwissQprint Nyala 4 flatbed printer to expand its customer offering and meet increased production volumes.

Overall print revenue was down 3.8% year-on-year for the first nine months of the year
Print circulation revenue up

Reach: profit expectations unchanged but ‘resilient’ print hailed

Reach is confident of meeting profit expectations for the full year, with print among the current bright spots for the publisher.

Customers needing a design service can buy a block of time to cover the work
An alternative to outsourcing design

WTTB launches pay-as-you-go design service

Where The Trade Buys (WTTB) has introduced a new pay-as-you-go option for its Artworker+ graphic design service.

Interim boss takes over

Pitney Bowes begins search for new CEO

Pitney Bowes is searching for a new CEO after activist investors and stakeholders effectively ousted long-serving incumbent Marc Lautenbach.

Dayfold plans to embrace new technologies and opportunities
Simmons takes helm

MBO at Dayfold

Managing director Del Simmons has begun a management buyout process at creative production specialist Dayfold Print.

The new laminator is capable of 10,000sph
Firm's turnover grew by £2m this year

MRP stacks investments to back £9m milestone

Midland Regional Printers (MRP) has added a high-speed laminator, die-cutter, and several automated packers to its plant list to back up a year of exceptional growth.

Huge Paso de los Toros pulp mill has just come on-stream
Situation was addressed immediately by UPM

UPM updates on alkaline leak at Uruguay mill

UPM has revealed that in August there was an alkaline leak at its new Paso de los Toros pulp mill in Uruguay.

Colourgraphic Arts is a full-service print company
Purchase extends group's geographical footprint

Print Evolved acquires Colourgraphic Arts

Web-to-print software developer and printer Print Evolved has acquired full-service print company Vinton Reprographics Ltd, which trades as Colourgraphic Arts.