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Psycho Peacock sextuples capacity with double Durst buy
Wide-format events and exhibitions printer Psycho Peacock has taken delivery of two brand-new 3.5m Durst roll-to-roll print engines, effectively increasing its capacity by up to six times.
Exclusive: inside London Overground’s £6m rebrand
Tenders for Transport for London’s (TfL’s) £6.3m London Overground overhaul will go live later in 2024, with 113 stations and six lines requiring totally new signage. Printweek spoke to TfL’s head of...
Sign & Digital UK receives positive response after revamp
Signage and wide-format show Sign & Digital UK (SDUK) returned to the NEC in Birmingham earlier this week – the first since Datateam Business Media acquired the show and also co-located it with...
Konica Minolta streamlines business units
Konica Minolta is streamlining its business units into three – a move that means Professional Print will be combined with its workplace operations in a huge new division.
DS Smith boosts Kemsley efficiency with £48m investment
DS Smith has unveiled a £48m investment in a new fibre preparation line (F-line) at its Kemsley paper mill.
CCS preps for new print deals worth £1.7bn
Crown Commercial Service will start approaching the market next month with a massive £1.7bn contract opportunity for printing and related services – including ‘Print Marketplace 2’.
End of the line for Greenshires
Greenshires Group has gone into administration, with all employees laid off.
CoverUp up to date with 5m EFI install
Dublin-based wide-format trade printer CoverUp has brought its super-wide mesh printing operation up-to-date with a refurbished EFI Matan 5m roll-to-roll engine.
Macfarlane Group joins United Nations Global Compact
Macfarlane Group has joined corporate sustainability initiative the United Nations Global Compact.
Works Manchester leaves huge shortfall
Works Manchester racked up a PAYE liability with HMRC of more than £600,000 during its short-lived and ultimately disastrous ownership by PFI Group.
Sprintprint upgrades Konica Minolta workhorse
Sprintprint has swapped out one of its two Konica Minolta AccurioPress toner engines for a brand-new AccurioPress C4070 with air-feed deck.
Fedrigoni acquires Mohawk assets
The Fedrigoni Group has acquired certain assets of Mohawk Fine Papers, the company it entered into an industrial partnership with in September 2022.
Larger Packaging Innovations impresses in Birmingham
Packaging Innovations returned to the NEC in Birmingham this week with 20% more floorspace and a positive reception from exhibitors, as sustainability once again proved the dominant talking point.
Fujifilm flags wide-ranging price rises in Europe
Fujifilm has announced “double digit” price increases on a range of products that will come into effect next month.
Mail drove 40% conversion rate from site visit to purchase in Q4 2023
JICMail, the joint industry currency for ad mail, has released its data for Q4 2023, which found that despite continued challenging trading conditions for retailers, mail played its part in delivering...