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HH Global awarded Wilko contract
HH Global has been awarded a multi-year contract by Wilko, covering print and related services.

Mimaki primes new hybrid textiles printer for Fespa
Mimaki will launch its latest hybrid textiles printer, the Tx300P-1800 MkII, as part of its extensive 15-product line-up at Fespa 2020 next month.

Antalis carbon balances Arjo Creative Papers range
Antalis has carbon balanced every product in its Arjowiggins Creative Papers range.

Industry exceeds expectations in worst Q4 for seven years
The fourth quarter of 2019 was the worst in years for the UK print industry, but nevertheless saw it outperform expectations in terms of both output and orders.

Consternation over EU titanium dioxide classification
The British Coatings Federation (BCF) has urged the printing industry “not to be alarmed” by a new EU classification of titanium dioxide as a suspected carcinogen.

Heidelberg board down to two after another departure
Heidelberg has announced the shock departure of its ‘digital transformation’ evangelist Dr Ulrich Hermann, with the firm’s management board reduced to just two people as a result.

Design4Print upgrades bindery with Morgana spend
Design4Print has updated its bindery after taking on a new Mohr D66 guillotine and KB2000S perfect binder from Morgana.

Agfa to bring latest RTR wide-format tech to Fespa 2020
Agfa is to demo its new Oberon RTR3300 large-format roll-to-roll printer at Fespa 2020.

DS Smith CFO to move on
DS Smith chief financial officer Adrian Marsh is set to leave the group to take on the same role at bookmaker William Hill.

Printers hit by storm double whammy
Printers across the country are in recovery mode after feeling the impact of the two storms that have wreaked havoc across the UK over the past two weeks.

Full house as Cowells Arrow doubles up with Screen
Cowells Arrow has more than doubled its digital printing capacity with the installation of a duplex Screen inkjet web presses.

Signracer reseller takes on industry veteran to fuel further growth
Wide-format specialist supplier Nth Degree Imaging (NDI) has taken on industry veteran Tony Talbot in the newly appointed role of commercial and marketing director.

News titles prosper amid gloomy magazine ABCs
A raft of news, politics and specialist titles have bucked the general downward trend in the latest Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) consumer magazine reports.

Coronavirus hits PPE supplies
Printers have been warned to keep a close eye on their stocks of personal protective equipment (PPE) with the coronavirus outbreak causing a global spike in demand for certain products.

Paragon appoints new CEO as Crean changes role
Sean Shine has stepped up to the chief executive role at Paragon Group and has set his sights on taking the £1bn business to the "next level".