News
Ludlow Bookbinders in Polar investment
Ludlow Bookbinders has invested around £30,000 in a new Polar N78 Plus guillotine less than a year after buying a secondhand Polar 92.
IPS Printed brings in Horizon double for bookletmaking
IPS Printed has invested in two Horizon post-press machines from Intelligent Finishing Systems (IFS) to both strengthen its PUR binding capabilities and introduce three-knife trimming.
Print firms join forces to hit M&A trail
The owners of Geoff Neal Group and Hardings Print Solutions have joined forces to buy trade finisher and printer Evoteam in the first part of a strategy to create a multi-faceted, full-service...
Interket shuts amid warnings on damaged reservoir
Interket has been evacuated from its premises due to fears that a nearby dam is set to rupture and flood the local town.
James Cropper 'positive' in post-Q1 update
James Cropper is looking ahead to a positive financial year thanks to a “promising” first quarter that follows a year in which pre-tax profits were halved.
Floods hit northern printers in overnight downpour
A number of printers across parts of northern England are counting the cost of the heavy rain and floodwaters that have resulted in people needing to be rescued, roads being blocked and rail routes...
Earth Overshoot Day: printers urged to hail sector sustainability
Pro Carton has urged the carton and wider print sector to push the benefits of paper- and cartonboard-based packaging materials to highlight the sustainability crisis marked by Earth Overshoot Day.
Stanley Lane finds further fame
Octogenarian artisan printer Stanley Lane's search for a successor received a further boost this week with an appearance on Radio 4’s The Untold.
K&B boss derides competitor price cuts
Koenig & Bauer’s chief executive has taken a very public side swipe at price cutting by competitors – naming Heidelberg, Bobst and Komori – in the group’s half-year results.
CCM’s three Peeks set for Three Peaks Challenge
Three directors from print management company CCM Print are gearing up to complete the Three Peaks Challenge in support of the Cancer Research charity.
Vogue uses silver and neon for September issue
Windles Group has printed the covers for Vogue’s landmark September issue, the first covers the group has printed for the upmarket publisher.
TI, Kelsey and Hearst all make paper wrap moves
The shift to paper wrapping in favour of polywrapping is gathering pace, with three major publishers opting to make switches, including venerable weekly Country Life moving to paper wrap for its...
Positive partners with Colouration
Positive Images UK and Colouration have partnered to form a new larger print group.
Printing ink pioneer passes away
German ink pioneer Rudolf Epple has died at the age of 93 following a short illness.
DIS Group kicks off major partnership with Wolves FC
DIS Group is bringing its expertise in football stadium graphics back home, scoring an ongoing contract with Wolverhampton Wanderers FC.