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Parcel Collect service has proved a big success

Further boost for Royal Mail results

Royal Mail has filed a further positive update about its full-year results, and will report a huge increase in sales and profits – with letter volumes also performing above expectations.

Mitsubishi HiTec Paper has increased Jetscript prices by 5%

Two more paper manufacturers to increase prices

Feldmuehle and Mitsubishi HiTec Paper are the two latest paper manufacturers to outline impending price increases on various products.

GEW's purpose-built facility near Gatwick Airport

GEW celebrates 30th anniversary

British manufacturer GEW is celebrating 30 years in business that has seen the company grow into an international leader in UV curing systems.

Lister (L) with managing director Adrian Rushton: "We wanted to become generally more efficient"

MX Display ups capacity with EFI install

MX Display has increased its capacity by 50% after taking on an EFI Vutek h5 superwide-format hybrid LED printer.

The new line should arrive at the CMS factory in the summer

CMS invests to support naked trend

Central Mailing Services (CMS) is set to expand its offering to support a growing demand for long-run naked mailings, brochures and catalogues, in many instances from online retailers, with a...

Initial Packaging operates in the specialty packaging area

Coveris acquires Initial Packaging

Coveris has acquired speciality bags producer Initial Packaging, in line with its strategic growth targets.

Costa winner lauds benefits of UK printing

The publisher of the winning book in the Costa Book Awards extolled the benefits of printing in the UK on Radio 4’s You & Yours programme last week, including a shout-out for long-term supplier...

Cox has headed the business since 2012

Cox leaves Vpress

Web-to-print developer Vpress has parted company with managing director Tim Cox after just under nine years at the helm.

Flint is battling severe shortages of raw materials including pigments and resins

Flint forced to implement surcharge

Flint Group is implementing a “significant temporary surcharge” in response to global events that the manufacturer said had resulted in a devastating impact on printing ink supply chains.

Saica Group: "modernising our terms of employment is crucial"

Industrial action underway at Saica Pack

Union members at two Saica Group sites producing corrugated packaging have begun industrial action over changes to terms and conditions.

DCS London: Page, Storey and Gibbons.       Image: DCS/William Storey

High-profile entrepreneur takes print stake

A high-profile and controversial entrepreneur has taken a stake in a London printing business that changed hands last year.

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...