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Walstead's first issue will hit newsstands on Saturday 21 May

Walstead adds Telegraph weekend work to roster

Walstead Group has sealed a deal to print the Telegraph’s weekend supplements with production set to switch later this month.

The SC-R5000 uses a fully water-based inkset

Verve Display in Epson UK first

Verve Display has nailed its ecological colours to the mast by investing in the UK’s first Epson Surecolour SC-R5000 resin ink large-format printer.

Brian Jones: loved print and was devoted to WPG

WPG mourns chairman

Welshpool Printing Group is mourning the loss of chairman Brian Jones, who has died aged 72.

Many major names are returning after missing the 2021 show

Fespa updates with three weeks to go

Fespa has updated on its 2022 Global Print Expo, which is now three weeks away from opening its doors at Messe Berlin, Germany.

Community celebrates new deal at Chapelle Darblay mill. Image: Community of Rouen

New life for UPM mill

UPM’s shuttered Chapelle Darblay newsprint mill in France is set to be reborn as a cardboard production site under its new owners.

Kingston: "We don’t want a return to having more capacity than is required"

Walstead brings Newbould into fold after YM deal

Walstead has enlisted the help of former YM Group chief operating officer Mike Newbould Junior to help pinpoint customers looking for future print supply options after YM’s web division collapsed.

The Guowang C106Y can reach a maximum of 7,500 impressions per hour

VI Print Finishing ups capabilities with Chinese install

VI Print Finishing has taken on a new Chinese B1 die-cutting and hot foiling machine to enhance its service offering.

Ian Ravey with some of Star Cutouts' products

Celeb cut-outs firm invests for growth

Star Cutouts has invested in market research AI and a new Kongsberg C64 automatic cutting table as part of an ambitious plan for growth.

Gooder would like to find a home for the machines

Italian Job rescue for historic Italian printhouse's presses

Seven antique print machines have been saved from scrap by a print novice after the collapse of an artisanal Tuscan printhouse that included Jodie Foster among its clients.

Juéry: pricing strategy and strict cost management are paying off

Plates wing buoys Agfa Q1 results

Agfa has posted a big jump in Q1 EBITDA despite what the group described as “an extraordinary inflationary context”.

Macfarlane has made a solid start to 2022

Macfarlane reports growth in trading update

Macfarlane Group is set to hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM), at which the company will provide a positive trading update covering 2022 to date.

Staff at Handy Brand now share a 51% stake in the business

Handy Brand moves to employee ownership structure

Labels and sticker printing specialist Handy Brand has completed an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) scheme that will meant its employees own a majority share of the business.

Hague: exciting new chapter

Hague expands with PSL buy

Hague Group has returned to the acquisition trail with a deal to buy PSL Print Management.

Johnnie Walker is one of the Diageo brands impacted

CPMA speaks out on Diageo packaging change implications

The Consumer Packaging Manufacturers Alliance (CPMA) has commented on the potential wider implications on the packaging industry of Diageo’s decision to start phasing out the use of 183 million...

Svetogorsk mill has benefited from substantial investment

Sylvamo brings in rights plan as industry awaits Russia update

Paper manufacturer Sylvamo has instigated a ‘poison pill’ Shareholder Rights Plan after a big private equity business gained a substantial stake.