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The before and after of Adobe’s ‘Cards for Change’ Christmas e-card creation campaign

Adobe amends e-card campaign after industry outcry

Adobe has backtracked after an industry backlash against its use of ‘greenwashing’ in a Christmas promotion.

Dodd: "The new press will ensure that we keep up to date with our litho work"

Healeys in B3 RMGT ‘DigitalXtra’ install

Healeys Print Group has installed an RMGT 524 LED-UV B3 litho press to boost its capacity.

Judges called Jack Brodie and Brodie Childs’s winning campaign "a truly remarkable effort"

DMA young talent award winners’ use of DM hailed

An award for young talent trying to get a foothold in the data and marketing industry has been won this year by two students from Edinburgh Napier University, with judges applauding the high quality...

Jo Watkiss: a much loved wife, mother and granny

Jo Watkiss passes away

Former Watkiss Automation communications director Jo Watkiss has died at the age of 59.

Operators working with 'Neil', the new Ashe Diamond slitter

Bakers installs slitters from Ashe

Essex-based Baker Materials, the distributor arm of Baker Labels, has invested £300,000 in new equipment from UK converting kit manufacturer, Ashe.

The HP Latex 115 can print indoor quality at up to 12sqm/hr

Tell Design & Print invests in HP Latex

Tell Design & Print has installed an HP Latex 115 printer and cutter to extend its print capacity and versatility.

Brown: "The Kern machine hit a sweet spot"

MHI meets demand surge with new Kern inserter

Mail Handling International (MHI) has invested in a new Kern 3500 inserter to meet a surge in letter volumes.

GF Smith was established in 1885

GF Smith acquires RK Burt

Luxury paper merchant GF Smith has acquired fine art paper supplier RK Burt & Co.

Euro Packaging is headquartered in Birmingham

Euro Packaging companies undergoing collective redundancy consultation

Two Euro Packaging companies have entered a collective redundancy consultation, with a view to create a stronger combined business.

Stora Enso is creating a new packaging materials division

Stora Enso restructures consumer board and packaging divisions

Stora Enso is set to merge the container board business in its packaging solutions division with the consumer board division, creating a new packaging materials division.

Roberts: "We’ve been able to drive greater value into our customers"

Revenue and profit up at DS Smith in H1

DS Smith has reported record group profitability and return on sales “despite economic headwinds” in its half-year results.

The Xerox Baltoro will take paper of 60-270gsm

Bakergoodchild buys Xerox Baltoro inkjet

Bakergoodchild is set to move into cut-sheet inkjet production printing after investing in one of the UK’s first Xerox Baltoro presses.

HP's board is under attack from investor Carl Icahn

Icahn: Xerox-HP deal is a 'no-brainer'

Activist investor Carl Icahn has parked his tanks firmly on HP’s lawn with a no-holds-barred open letter to HP shareholders urging them to back the proposed takeover by Xerox.

New Coveris packaging film 100% recycled and recyclable

European packaging firm Coveris has developed a new shrink film for multi-pack products that is fully recyclable and is composed of more than 50% post-consumer recyclate.

First Move Direct Marketing handles many personalised mailing projects

Report: '80% of marketers to ditch personalisation by 2025'

Gartner has predicted that 80% of marketers will abandon personalisation efforts by 2025 due to lack of ROI, the complexities of customer data management or both.