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De La Rue: activist investor sees future value

Crystal Amber ups De La Rue investment

Crystal Amber Fund has upped its stake in De La Rue and could now be the biggest investor in the group.

(L-R) new owners Aaron “AJ” Watson, Ryan Holt and Tom Davison

MBO at Blackwell Print

A Norfolk printing company with a history stretching back to 1870 has changed ownership via a management buyout.

KJS staff celebrated the company's birthday last month

KJS celebrates 25th birthday and invests

KJS We Are Direct Mail has celebrated 25 years in business in a month that has also seen it install 70 solar panels.

Mondi has now received all requisite approvals regarding the sale

Mondi completes sale of three Russian converting ops

Mondi has completed the sale of its three Russian packaging converting operations to the Gotek Group for a total consideration of RUB 1.6bn (£14m).

Futurama: customer deposits collected were not ring-fenced

Revealed: massive shortfall at Futurama

Futurama would have needed a cash injection of £3m to keep going, and its collapse into administration has resulted in a total estimated shortfall of more than £6m.

A group of IPIA members met with a senior special advisor to the prime minister

Government engages with print and paper at No 10

The IPIA has participated in a joint delegation to No 10 Downing Street to advocate for the print, paper, and packaging industries.

Unlikely trio top June’s listicle

What do a retired punk and a popular YouTuber have in common with a devastating mail facility fire? They were all in the top three most-read stories in our listicle for June. Read on to catch-up on...

City A.M. "a local paper at the heart of the financial universe"

City A.M. mulls sale

A ‘for sale’ sign has been hoisted over London business freesheet City A.M. as the company looks to its “next chapter”.

Evans: more than 25 years' experience in heatset web offset

PCP appoints new MD

Precision Colour Printing (PCP) has a new managing director, with commercial director Nick Evans stepping up into the role.

The new three-tower iSaddle will handle jobs up to millions of books long

DSD Colour Printers upgrades iSaddle

Kings Lynn-based DSD Colour Printers has replaced its first-generation Duplo iSaddle stitcher with the latest, fifth-generation model.

Solopress' version of PressProfiler has been specifically tailored to its new B1 line

Solopress adds PressProfiler for new B1 Heidelberg line

Southend web-to-print specialist Solopress has added third-party software package PressProfiler to its freshly installed Heidelberg Speedmaster XL3 XL 106 litho press.

(L-R) Paragon's Mieke Clark-Marsman and MINC's Johan Maring

Paragon acquires logistics and fulfilment specialist

Paragon has acquired MINC, a Dutch provider of logistics and fulfilment services for online shops and e-commerce activities.

Griggs: "I’m confident we have a bright future ahead"

Ricoh UK appoints new CEO 

Ricoh UK has appointed Glenn Griggs as its new CEO, succeeding Phil Keoghan who was promoted in April 2022 to lead Ricoh Northern Europe.

Wiener Zeitung will continue to publish online news under the name WZ. Image: WZ

One of world’s oldest newspapers ceases daily print edition

A 320-year-old newspaper, one of the world’s longest-running daily newspapers still in print, has published its last daily print edition.

Instantprint installed 646 solar panels at its Rotherham site

Instantprint celebrates milestones amid solar install

Instantprint has installed a new solar array equivalent to 72 UK households’ energy needs at its Rotherham factory.