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Heidelberg's factory in Shanghai: export orders are growing

Heidelberg expands sales of Chinese presses

Heidelberg has announced that a number of European customers have invested in presses from its Chinese manufacturing site, with export orders from the facility growing to 19% of sales.

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Route 1 releases free bounceback guide

Route 1 Print has released a free ebook to help print businesses bounceback from lockdown as restrictions ease.

Agfa: current pricing levels in the printing industry are not sustainable

Agfa mulls future options for offset business

Agfa boss Pascal Juery is “ready to contemplate” some sort of sale or merger of the group’s offset business in the face of overcapacity, a declining market and the price pressures that are affecting...

The cost of producting printing inks is rising

BCF warns on raw material availability and price hikes

The British Coatings Federation (BCF) has warned that the lack of availability of key raw materials and packaging as well as significant price increases could end up as the biggest issues of 2021 for...

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Grafenia launches Nettl Alliance

Grafenia chief executive Peter Gunning has written an ebook to launch the group’s new Nettl Alliance offering.

John Roberts supplies a wide range of paper-based packaging materials

MBO at John Roberts

A management buyout deal has been completed at paper and corrugated products supplier John Roberts Holdings.

T Shirt & Sons serves global marketplaces, e-commerce platforms and retailers

T Shirt & Sons acquired by Polyconcept

Clothing and fabric merchandise printer T Shirt & Sons has been acquired by global promotional products supplier Polyconcept, the parent company of PF Concept International (PFCI).

IPIA: “a thick slice of informal chat on toast”

IPIA launches breakfast events

The IPIA is poised to begin a new series of fortnightly breakfast networking events.

Ricoh: evolving to meet changing customer needs

Ricoh affirms print commitment

Ricoh has moved to assert its continued commitment to graphics and professional printing after an investor presentation in Japan resulted in headlines about the manufacturer shifting away from paper...

The Fusion Cross can achieve a throughput of up to 22,000 envelopes per hour

Civica Election Services in Böwe Systec investment

Civica Election Services has invested in a Fusion Cross inserter from Böwe Systec to boost its capacity and productivity.

RightTrack gives an accurate picture of how much mail will be delivered and when

Bakergoodchild rolls out real-time mail item level reporting

Bakergoodchild has launched a new service that provides customers with item level mail pack tracking in real-time and which can also trigger automated personalised communications via SMS and email.

The deal covers a wide range of BT products and services

Go Inspire wins multimillion pound contract

Go Inspire Group has won a multi-year, multimillion pound lead supplier deal with one of the UK’s blue chip telecoms brands, prising the contract from print management in a competitive tender.

Matthews the Printers: "We’ve got through two recessions... but this one has just beaten us"

Sadness as pandemic forces closure

A long-established and highly-respected London printing company is set to close after the pandemic laid waste to sales.

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ACA increases carton output with B&R Moll purchase

ACA Print Finishing & Packaging Solutions has continued its investment drive after taking on a B&R Moll Compact In-Line System folder-gluer to increase the output of its carton work.

Tayprint: Kornit setup delivers a better product that’s easy to sell to customers

Tayprint moves into DTG

Tayprint has swapped screen printing for DTG with an investment in Kornit direct-to-garment printing technology.