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Parkside invests in Troika kit, develops sustainable food pack
Flexible packaging specialist Parkside Flexibles has installed a Troika AniCAM system for measuring its flexographic plates and anilox rolls at its Normanton manufacturing facility in West Yorkshire....

Hexcite continues buy and build strategy
Hexcite Group has acquired a retail specialist as it looks to create a fully rounded print and services group to serve major bricks-and-mortar retail brands.

Fourth rogue emergency services publisher shut down
A fourth publishing company that misled clients into believing they were advertising in magazines supporting the emergency services has been wound up by the court.

Feldmuehle bolsters management team amid strong year
Independent German paper mill Feldmuehle has strengthened its management team after trading above plan since it exited its insolvency proceedings at the beginning of the year.

Book printer TJ in £1.5m-plus spend and rebrand
Cornish book printer TJ International has rebranded as TJ Books and installed a raft of new equipment as part of a £1.5m-plus investment drive aimed to increase its capacity and flexibility.

Tradeprint teams up with Canva for self-service design platform
Tradeprint has joined forces with online design platform Canva to roll out what Canva claims is a “first of its kind design-to-print solution for UK businesses”.

New start-up installs first Gunner in the UK
A new start-up has become the first UK user of the recently launched Gunner flatbed cutter from Shanghai Chiyan CNC Technology Co.

New MD appointed at CPS Group
CPS Group has expanded its senior team with the appointment of a managing director in a newly created role for the business.

Denmaur creates carton arm with Townsend deal
Denmaur Paper Media has launched a dedicated cartonboard division to support UK packaging groups and commercial operations with packaging print in their work mix.

HP beats Q3 expectations but printing revenue drops
HP Inc has posted financial results for Q3 that were ahead of its expectations, and only slightly down on last year overall, but revenue in its Printing division dropped by 20%.

Direct Labels UK invests for flexible future
Direct Labels UK has expanded its digital firepower with a Konica Minolta AccurioLabel 230 toner label press to complement its inkjet offering and boost flexibility as it adjusts to the new business...

EverythingBranded launches spin-off B2C print venture
Promotional products specialist EverythingBranded is gearing up for the launch next week of its new B2C business arm, EverythingPrinted.

DTM develops new label finishing system
German print OEM developer DTM Print has added a new label finishing system to its machinery line-up.

Voting open for Pro Carton young designer award
Public voting has opened for the Pro Carton Young Designer Award, with the winners set to be revealed in October.

Macfarlane increases interim dividend despite revenue and profit dip
Macfarlane Group has increased its interim dividend after praising the resilience of its results for the first half of 2020 in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, which nevertheless caused a drop in...