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In total 1,129 people received an honour

Wide-format boss leads honours roll call

The founder of one the UK’s leading large-format printers is among the industry figures that have been honoured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.

Emma ‘WhispersRed’ Smith is a licensed sound therapy practitioner

Supacolor turns to ASMR for chillax promo

Heat transfer manufacturer Supacolor has created what could be the industry’s first ASMR video as part of a promo campaign.

Boris Johnson making the announcement on the BBC News at Six

Unlocking delayed: industry reacts

Industry figures have reacted to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s widely-trailed confirmation that Step 4 of his Roadmap out of Lockdown has been pushed back a month to 19 July.

The embroidery refinement technique has traditionally only been available for bulk orders

Spreadshirt expands embroidery textiles finishing offering

Spread Group’s create-your-own brand Spreadshirt has launched embroidery textiles finishing for runs as low as one in all of its European markets after investing in Tajima machinery.

Campbell (L) with Duplo field engineer Craig Donegan

Artisan Print and Sign ups capacity with second Duplo iSaddle

Artisan Print and Sign Solutions has invested in its second Duplo iSaddle to enable the business to handle increasing demand for niche litho work such as community magazines, even during the...

Web-to-print expert Ali Ridha Jaffar will share his insights

EFI readies knowledge-sharing W2P webinar series

EFI is running a series of webinars exploring how to get the most out of web-to-print and ecommerce platforms.

Chouhan: if we’re busy, then it means others are busy too

CMS rounds off £1m digital spend

Central Mailing Services (CMS) has rounded off its £1m digital reequip with another six-figure spend as it prepares for the autumn peak season.

Davey: "Diamond is just what we are looking for in our acquisition plan"

Agilico acquires Diamond Group

Agilico has bolstered its presence in the north of England after acquiring the Diamond Group.

Glossop Cartons experienced a turnover increase of 32% last year

Glossop Cartons shortlisted in regional manufacturing awards

Cartonboard packaging manufacturer Glossop Cartons has been shortlisted in a major regional manufacturing awards scheme.

G7 branded hampers by The St Ives Company

Cornish printcos step up for G7 branding

A raft of Cornish printing companies have benefited from the printed promotions and collateral required for the G7 summit, which officially began today.

Dempsey has worked in the industry for 20 years

Dempsey leaves Landa for new role

Mark Dempsey is set to re-join HP Indigo after leaving Landa Digital Printing.

Uncoated mother reel storage in Austria

Mondi to increase uncoated prices next month

Mondi is planning to bring in price increases of up to 15% on most of its uncoated fine paper grades next month.

Bobst will release a new cloud-based platform this year

Bobst updates on connectivity vision

Bobst CEO Jean-Pascal Bobst has hailed the firm’s 2020 results as “a major achievement” in light of the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Fujifilm partially shut down its network to mitigate the attack

Fujifilm systems back online after cyber attack

Fujifilm’s Japanese HQ has been the subject of a cyber attack which resulted in knock-on disruption to its European business – although systems here were not breached.

Clarke (left) with operations director Ben Pickard (centre) and design director Steve Ames (right)

Andreou acquisition Printstore in Duplo spend

The company acquired earlier this year by Peter Andreou has brought digital cutting in-house with the purchase of a Duplo PFi Blade B2+.