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Chas Moloney: remembered fondly

Chas Moloney RIP

Ricoh’s Chas Moloney has passed away after a short illness.

The Baker Labels team has been taking part in a number of health and wellbeing events

Baker Labels gains wellbeing accreditation

Baker Labels has been awarded Essex Working Well’s Level Three accreditation after building and maintaining a strong wellbeing strategy for its employees.

Overmatter: Winter window wonderland

Who doesn’t love a good Christmas window? The very best can bring out the inner child in us all.

The Signage & Print Installer Directory has now moved out of testing

Signage installer directory goes live after successful trial

After a heavily oversubscribed trial earlier this year, a directory of signage and print installers has moved out of testing and gone live today (21 December).

Daniel Erni has been with Hunkeler since 2016

Change at the top of Hunkeler

Daniel Erni has been appointed as the new CEO of Swiss paper processing specialist Hunkeler.

115,000 postal workers have been taking industrial action

Pre-Christmas postal strikes to go ahead

Strikes involving over 115,000 postal workers across the Royal Mail network will go ahead as planned on Friday 23 and Saturday 24 December, after the Communication Workers Union (CWU) said the postal...

Fujifilm's new UK headquarters is compliant with strict environmental guidelines

Fujifilm opens UK headquarters

Fujifilm officially opened its new UK headquarters, ‘Fujifilm House’, in Bedford in October, a short distance from its old location.

FaberExposize will have complete production redundancy once the calender is running

FaberExposize UK buys new calender before New Year

FaberExposize UK has taken delivery of a Klieverik GTC101-3500 dye-sublimation fixation calender.

The new notes will enter circulation by the middle of 2024

Bank of England reveals King Charles’ banknote design

The Bank of England has unveiled today (20 December) the design of the new King Charles III banknotes.

The new paper machine has a production capacity of 70,000 tons of tissue paper per year

Wepa creates over 50 new jobs as it doubles UK capacity

The Wepa Group has started up a new paper machine at its Welsh site in Bridgend, doubling its production capacity for the British market and creating more than 50 new jobs.

The project is focusing on Paper Machine 11 at Gratkorn. Image: Sappi

Sappi Europe upgrades Gratkorn mill

Plans have been revealed by Sappi Europe to upgrade and modernise its Gratkorn mill in Austria.

In 2021 the two plants generated combined sales of around €124m. Image: Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG

Mayr-Melnhof sells Russian sites

The Mayr-Melnhof Group has sold its two packaging sites in Russia.

(L-R) Tallis and Kier Simons with Agfa's Paul Fitch

UPG backs expansion with Jeti Tauro

Large format digital print house UPG has backed up its plans for expansion with an investment in an Agfa Jeti Tauro H2500 LED UV digital press.

Fundraising with the charity print will continue into 2023

THEMPC charity print raises £17,000

THEMPC has raised over £17,000 for children’s charity the NSPCC from sales of a charity print featuring the Queen and Prince Philip.

Could a First Class stamp end up costing more than a quid?

Royal Mail warns on stamp prices if USO doesn't change

Royal Mail’s chairman has warned that the price of a First Class stamp could go up to more than £1 if the group has to keep making Saturday deliveries.