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Gardener: always respected for what he said

Tributes paid to industry veteran Eric Gardener

Colleagues and customers are mourning the loss of FSC and PEFC chain of custody expert Eric Gardener, who has died.

Kornit CEO Ronen Samuel said brands need to take up sustainability or get left behind

Kornit plans fashion industry revolution with with digital print

Kornit Digital said it plans to transform the fashion industry’s supply chain and dramatically reduce waste by enabling printers to target local markets.

The divested sites employ around 620 people

Stora sells Russian packaging operations

Stora Enso has divested its three corrugated packaging plants in Russia.

Macfarlane has acquired 100% of PackMann. Image: PackMann

Macfarlane gobbles up PackMann in strategic acquisition

Macfarlane Group has acquired German company PackMann Gesellschaft für Verpackungen und Dienstleistungen in a strategic move for the business.

Rowan: "Calor is showing great ambition with its communication plans"

Adare SEC wins Calor contract extension

Adare SEC has been awarded a five-year contract extension with gas supplier Calor for the provision of transactional communication production and expertise.

The Landa S10 at Essentra's Bradford facility

Essentra adds Landa S10 in UK first

Essentra has become the first UK packaging printer to adopt Landa’s Nanographic digital printing technology after investing in an S10 press.

Royal Mail Marketreach surveyed 6,000 consumers

RM research finds consumers want choice over their comms

New research from Royal Mail Marketreach has found that the majority of consumers (83%) want the choice about whether to receive communications by mail or email.

Heinz: explore sustainable packaging solutions across its brands

Heinz trials paper bottle for iconic ketchup

Heinz is planning to trial a paper-based, recyclable Tomato Ketchup bottle as part of an array of initiatives to reduce its environmental footprint.

Cherry: “It gives us the opportunity to go and get more work"

Ebbsfleet steps up with Acuity Prime purchase

Ebbsfleet Printing Solutions has traded out an ageing flatbed printer for a Fujifilm Acuity Prime 20.

Screen plans to strengthen its POD strategy

Ink sales boost Screen GA results

Printers recovering from the pandemic have helped boost the performance of Screen’s Graphic Arts Equipment division, where sales are up nearly 16% and profits have more than doubled.

Heidelberg Plus: now adding upstream and downstream processes

Heidelberg unveils vision for 'whole printshop portal'

Heidelberg has taken the wraps off a significant revamp of its Prinect workflow – Prinect Direct – including big ambitions to extend the reach of its automation tools to the extent that print buyers...

Sylvamo: market conditions in Europe working in its favour

Sylvamo confirms Russian exit

Sylvamo has confirmed that it plans to sell off its Russian operations, and is already in discussions with more than one potential buyer.

Boyle said the new SolPrint system suits Swytch well

Swytch switches MIS

Swytch Graphics has successfully rolled out a new MIS from software company i-teba after outgrowing its previous system from another supplier.

Fujifilm: building a global manufacturing structure for inkjet market

Fujifilm reports on 2021, grows inkjet

Fujifilm plans to build a global manufacturing structure to satisfy the needs of the growing inkjet market, while at its plates business more price increases are necessary to keep the business...

Kodak is taking its coating know-how into new markets

Kodak reports on challenging Q1

Kodak boss Jim Continenza said the firm had taken “unprecedented steps” to ensure supplies to its customers during ongoing supply chain disruption.