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2601 targets flexibility with double Mimaki install
Large format print and project management company 2601 has installed a Mimaki JFX200-2513 EX UV flatbed and a Mimaki UJV55-320 UV LED 3.2m roll-roll printer to boost rigid capacity and move into...
Charity lunch returns to Glasgow
McAllister Litho Glasgow managing director Janette McAllister is chairing a special charity lunch that is taking place again for the first time since the pandemic hit in 2020.
Alpha Card take on A-ha! in North East acquisition
Alpha Card Compact Media has acquired tourist and leaflet distribution business A-ha! Distribution.
ePS reveals Connect details
MIS and workflow specialist eProductivity Software (ePS) aims to evolve its annual user conference, Connect, when it returns in January.
Funky Pigeon counts cost of cyber attack
The cyber attack at online card retailer Funky Pigeon has contributed to a near-£20m fall in sales and wiped £6m off the brand’s EBITDA.
Phase Print expands product range with Moll install
Phase Print has installed a near-new DigiMoll folder-gluer, allowing the commercial printer to add capacity and a number of new capabilities to its packaging offering.
Fujifilm reports on H1
Fujifilm has reported a strong performance at its industrial inkjet business and a recovery in digital press shipments in Europe and the US.
Screen Europe on the move
Screen Europe is moving to a new, larger HQ building near to Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport.
DS Smith workers vote to strike over pay
Nearly 1,000 members of union GMB at DS Smith are balloting for industrial action over a real terms pay cut.
Agfa on front foot with Inca sales
Agfa has signed its first contracts for the Inca Speedset single-pass sheetfed inkjet press, and for Agfa-branded Onset wide-format printers.
Industry output held firm in Q3 but downbeat forecast for Q4
Stronger than expected growth in orders and output helped the UK printing and printed packaging industry’s continued recovery in Q3, but the forecast for Q4 is downbeat as confidence expectations...
De La Rue row escalates
The ongoing row between activist investor Crystal Amber and De La Rue has escalated with the publication of an open letter to all shareholders in the security printing specialist.
Abbey Labels doubles down on Xeikon in £1m spend
Abbey Labels installed its second Xeikon CX300 in early October 2022, less than a year after the first went in.
Print boss banned for Bounce Back Loan abuse
The director of a printer that went into liquidation two years ago has been hit with a lengthy ban after a bankruptcy investigation identified further Bounce Back Loan abuse.
Heidelberg UK lauds benefits of move to new site
Heidelberg UK is back in the black and its German parent group has just announced an order backlog of more than €1bn (£877m) “for the first time in years”.