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Heidelberg consults on UK restructuring plans
Heidelberg is consulting with its UK workforce about a proposed 20% reduction in headcount along with changes to employees’ terms and conditions.
Xaar updates on performance
Inkjet manufacturer Xaar described short-term orders as “healthy” despite the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on some of its markets.
Booths Print expands digital offering
Booths Print has boosted its digital capabilities to expand its offering and improve flexibility and consistency as volumes start to slowly recover from lockdown.
De La Rue shares soar amid Covid-19 hopes
Shares in De La Rue have rocketed after the group posted an upbeat trading update, along with news that it could use its existing authentication technology to provide a way of certifying people that...
Bluetree pivots with new UK-made surgical mask offering
Bluetree Group has pivoted and invested in specialist equipment to manufacture medical grade IIR face masks – becoming the first company in the UK to make the masks in the process.
Arden achieves green accreditation
Arden Dies and Arden Engraving, both part of the Arden Group, have become the first die-making and engraving companies in the UK to achieve ISO 14001 accreditation.
Report: speculation over Flint Group sale
Flint Group could be put up for sale by its US owners, according to a Reuters report.
Stoneywood mill makes Covid-secure startup
Arjowiggins Group’s Stoneywood mill is back in production after a phased start-up during the past month.
Enfocus readies new easy-to-use PDF checking tool
Enfocus will open up its latest PDF checking tool for free “public beta test” over the summer.
Corinium installs lockdown bookletmaker
Corinium Colour, the digital DM and commercial arm of secure printer Corinium Continuous, has installed KF 640 bookletmaker during lockdown to support a recent digital press investment.
Messe Dusseldorf starts mapping out new corona guidance
Drupa director Sabine Geldermann has outlined some of the initial measures being introduced to allow trade fairs to operate during the time of coronavirus, and has also responded to the news that...
Sunak lays out JRS changes
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has laid out the details about how employers will be required to pick up part of the cost of the coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in the coming months, along with new...
DM Trust and DMA triples training furlough fund
The DM Trust Home Learning Fund has pumped in £400,000 of additional funding to triple the number of furloughed staff it can support with free training after it was inundated with applications,...
Tinmasters teams with Fujifilm for digital move
Fujifilm hopes to learn more about the potential use of its inkjet technology for metal decorating through a new partnership with Tinmasters.
Flexo pioneer Dr Reinhard Ulbrich dies at 89
Dr Reinhard Ulbrich, who was instrumental in the success of DuPont’s Cyrel flexo plates in the European market, has died at the age of 89.