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(L-R) Swanline's Richard Towers, Zeus' Keith Ockenden and Swanline's Nick Kirby

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).

Stora Enso currently produces recycled containerboard in Poland

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.

The show occupied eight halls at Messe Berlin

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.

IG Design Group: seasonal orderbook remains strong

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.

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...

The decision was announced on LinkedIn and Twitter

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.

FespaDaily 22 round-up: Day 4

Our round-up of articles published in the final issue of the dual language, official show newspaper for Fespa Global Print Expo 2022 in Berlin produced by Printweek.

HP: recycled and recyclable stand

HP: Sustainability is in our DNA

HP put sustainability at the centre of its Fespa presence with an innovative booth made from recycled or recyclable materials and a ‘Print for the Future’ manifesto.

Upbeat team: Wille, Wilson and Juéry at Fespa

Agfa plots 'huge growth' with Inca tech

Agfa CEO Pascal Juéry said the group was “eager to get started” with the integration of Inca, with selective demos of the new B1 Speedset folding carton device set to commence later this year.

The survey findings will be used to benefit the industry

Fespa launches global Census

Fespa has launched its third global Print Census, with the first surveys being completed by visitors to this year's Global Print Expo in Berlin.

Grauf (left) with VP of sales Jim Burns

Inkcups targets European growth

Inkcups used Fespa as an opportunity to build its presence in Europe.

Kornit plans to disrupt fashion supply chain

Kornit took its full Atlas Max ecosystem of machines to Fespa, alongside promises of a “global fulfilment matrix” that will disrupt traditional fashion supply chains.

Floris Jan van den Heuvel: We see a big trend in DTF coming

Texo Trade Services taps into sustainability trend

Texo Trade Services is meeting the sustainability trend with its range of green textiles, and is also showing a new range of direct-to-film products for garment decoration.

FespaDaily 22 round-up: Day 3

Our round-up of articles published in issue three of the dual language, official show newspaper for Fespa Global Print Expo 2022 in Berlin produced by Printweek.

Epple Druckfarben has an ambitious growth strategy

Epple completes funding round to bolster investment drive

Inkmaker Epple Druckfarben has completed a funding round to unlock financing worth tens of millions of Euros, according to the firm, to support its continued growth strategy.