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EFI acquires Inèdit Software
EFI has acquired Spanish company Inèdit Software to extend its strategy to accelerate digital transformation in industrial print.
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Heidelberg cuts debt, sets margin target
Heidelberg aims to push up sales and margins in the new financial year, although the group’s outlook is tempered by global uncertainties including the war in Ukraine and China's zero-Covid policy.
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KCS Print launches new sustainable label division
Root Sustainable, the new division of Cornwall-based label manufacturer KCS Print launched last month, will target food, drink, and lifestyle brands with its sustainable label offering.
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H&H Reeds installs Versafire EV
H&H Reeds has invested in a new Heidelberg Versafire EV five-colour digital press, continuing a decades-long partnership.
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Haybrooke secures Specsavers deal
Print procurement specialist Haybrooke Associates has signed a deal with Specsavers to provide the optical retail chain with “a combination of print buying solutions and services”.
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Fujifilm buys inkjet integrator
Fujifilm has boosted its bespoke inkjet offering with the acquisition of longstanding integration specialist Unigraphica.
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Mail volumes at highest level in two years
JICMail, the joint industry currency for ad mail, has released its data for Q1 2022, a period that saw mail volumes on the panel reach their highest level since Q1 2020.
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Printed.com enhances services with Vivid investment
Printed.com has invested in a VeloBlade Volta 1070+ digital die-cutting system from Vivid Laminating Technologies to expand its services.
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Deja vu as YM accounts overdue
YM Group’s accounts are, once again, flagged as overdue at Companies House.
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Swanline and BoxMart acquired by Zeus
Irish-owned global packaging company Zeus has acquired Swanline Group and its sister company BoxMart in an agreement worth more than €25m (£21.4m).
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Stora Enso starts feasibility study for Belgian line conversion
Stora Enso has started a feasibility study at its paper production site in Langerbrugge, Belgium, for the conversion of one of its two paper lines into a high-volume recycled containerboard line.
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Return to ‘reality and normality’ at Fespa ‘22
Fespa Global Print Expo 2022 marked a welcome return to normal for exhibitors and visitors last week, as confidence continues to return to the sector.
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New banking facilities in place for IG Design Group
IG Design Group has agreed new, reduced, banking facilities and covenants that will run until March 2024.
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YM fallout continues to dominate headlines in May
Unsurprisingly, this month’s ranking of most read articles was heavily dominated by the fallout from the collapse of the various YM Group companies. And while there was some good news, for example in...
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Offer for buildings results in Nationwide Print closure
Nationwide Print will be shut down in an orderly fashion next month, after owner Julian Hocking received “an offer he couldn’t refuse” for the Cornish company’s buildings.