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Expo chief steps down
Werner Dornscheidt, president and CEO of Drupa and Interpack organiser Messe Düsseldorf, is to leave the event venue next week.

Print work ramps up as hospitality prepares to reopen
Print firms have reacted to the latest relaxing of lockdown rules with new product categories and fresh orders coming in as a wide range of businesses get ready to reopen on 4 July.

KMMS becomes Indicia Worldwide
Konica Minolta Marketing Services (KMMS) and Indicia are coming together under a new brand – Indicia Worldwide – pledging to create a new agency model and “new value” for clients through the combo.

BPIF creates Covid-secure workplace guide
The BPIF has published a handy guide to help print firms become Covid-secure amid a mass of government guidance.

Royal Mail extends mailing incentive scheme
Royal Mail has extended its ‘Open for Business’ incentive six-fold and warned that the scheme, which incentivises businesses to use mailings to rebuild their revenue streams as lockdown eases, has...

James Cropper buoyed by luxe packaging
James Cropper has posted record sales and profits after an eventful year that has seen its paper business return to profitability.

Schinlever back at EFI with new inkjet role
Scott Schinlever has returned to EFI in the new role of inkjet chief operating officer.

Tributes paid to Martin Olive
Industry associates have paid tribute to former Openshaw managing director and Picon stalwart Martin Olive, who has died aged 76.

Daily Mail becomes biggest newspaper
The Daily Mail has overtaken the Sun as the UK’s biggest-selling newspaper amid changes in the way news brands report circulation.

Clark joins YM
YM Group has boosted its commercial sales team with the appointment of highly-experienced industry sales pro Adrian Clark.

Kall Kwik City supports prison scheme
Kall Kwik City in London has helped a prisoner rehabilitation initiative continue to support inmates through lockdown by switching its operation from record label to magazine publisher.

Premier League clubs turn to power of print
The re-start of the Premier League has resulted in yet more pandemic-related print work.

Former CPI exec joins Severn
Severn has boosted its senior management line-up with a new board appointment.

WRAP extends and simplifies grant scheme
Not-for-profit organisation WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) has extended the deadline and revamped its £1.5m textiles grant fund, removing the match funding requirement and simplifying the...

Norske Skog to enter packaging market
Publication paper specialist Norske Skog is moving into the corrugated packaging market with a €350m investment in converting two newsprint machines to containerboard production.