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Teaser of the new Amberley branding, set to be unveiled in September

Coveris targets major Amberley growth

Coveris has invested around £3.5m to effectively double the footprint of the Amberley Labels business it acquired a year ago by adding a second, re-equipped factory to the operation.

Argos catalogues: more than 1bn have been printed since the 1970s

Argos lays catalogue to rest, Xmas guide to continue

Argos is bidding a “fond farewell” to its iconic catalogue after nearly 50 years of producing the so-called ‘Book of Dreams’.

President Trump making a statement about the strategic investment yesterday

Kodak shares rocket on Trump backing for new venture

Kodak is moving into pharmaceutical manufacturing with hundreds of millions of dollars of US government backing, causing its share price to rocket.

Pipi machine operator Keith Skinner with the new Horizon

Pipi Print & Packaging upgrades folding

Pipi Print & Packaging has expanded its pharma folding capacity to support an increase in demand by installing a Horizon automatic folder from IFS.

Koenig & Bauer: new remote support app

Koenig & Bauer press installs delayed by pandemic

Koenig & Bauer’s first-half results have been “significantly affected” by Covid-19 with sales down 20% and projects delayed due to restrictions resulting from the pandemic.

James Cropper: paper business has been hit hardest

Restructure planned at James Cropper

James Cropper is restructuring after its paper division in particular was hit by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Wiley has a large facility at Bognor Regis. Image: Google Maps

CPI and Wiley in new partnership

CPI Group has teamed with publisher Wiley on a new joint venture for on-demand printing and inventory management.

Watson: no update as yet on whether he will be replaced as COO

James Cropper COO leaving business

James Cropper is parting company with its chief operating officer Dave Watson.

Gibson: how to plan for a successful W2P implementation

Infigo to host webinar on W2P's role in the Covid bounce back

Infigo is hosting a webinar tomorrow aimed at helping print businesses rise to the challenges of the post-lockdown landscape by diversifying into web-to-print.

Visentin: proud of how employees have coped with virus crisis

Pandemic writ large in Xerox Q2 results

Second-quarter sales at Xerox fell by nearly $800m as the Covid-19 pandemic hit business, with CEO John Visentin praising the group’s employees for their efforts during a period of “unprecedented...

TPC's C12000 is the first in the UK

The Print Centre secures UK first

The Print Centre has installed the UK’s first Konica Minolta AccurioPress C12000 as it looks to ramp up its B2B online offering and bridge the gap between digital and litho.

Narayan: craft skills built up over 40 years

New venture for Narayan with Bensons Bookbinding

Award-winning bookbinder Chris Narayan has set up his own business after being made redundant because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Kin + Carta: "Financial headwinds" due to Covid-19

Kin + Carta gains financial headroom

Kin + Carta, formerly St Ives, is to defer some pension contributions until September because of the virus crisis.

The firm's machine was in production a day after delivery

Jones and Palmer invests for finishing flexibility

Report and accounts and corporate comms specialist Jones and Palmer has upgraded its stitching with a new Horizon SPF-200L bookletmaker as it prepares to flex to changing client needs.

Royal Mail: not seeing any change as yet in customer behaviour as lockdown eases

Royal Mail: parcels boom, letters tank

Letter volumes were down by almost 800m items during the three months to the end of June, according to the latest update from Royal Mail.