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The UK’s papermaking industry has smashed its energy-saving targets for the two-year period from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2016.

St Ives has sold the Cornish factory occupied by Wyndeham Roche to a property company for £4.2m, while the group’s share price has descended to a new all-time low.

Kingswood iOptus has added the ISO 27001 information security standard to its list of accreditations.

Berkshire-based Keeps Printing has fallen into administration, leading to five redundancies.

The BPIF has urged prospective parliamentary candidates to sign its Pledge for Print in the run-up to the General Election.

Three directors at Lincoln-based printer Elpeeko have ensured the continued operation of the 112-year-old firm by taking over the business through an MBO.

Wheatons Exeter, the former Polestar book printing operation, officially closed its doors last Friday (2 June), leading to 35 further redundancies.

Northend Creative Print Solutions has invested just shy of £1m on a five-colour RMGT (Ryobi) 925 LED-UV press along with various add-ons.

Ascential has sold its last remaining UK ‘heritage’ magazine titles to Metropolis International in a £23.5m deal.

The new 1,800sqm state-of-the-art National Transport Design Centre (NDTC) has opened its doors at Coventry University’s technology park boasting a raft of the latest Roland equipment.

Awesome Merchandise has invested around £165,000 to bolster its screen printing and digital printing facilities.

US fine paper specialist Mohawk has launched Strathmore Impress, a “super-premium” uncoated paper made from 100% cotton fibre that can be used for digital, letterpress, engraving and foiling.

Blake Envelopes has opened the third of four planned hubs of excellence in strategic locations across the UK.

Delga Group has invested heavily in two new HP Indigo 7900s and four new Duplo 600i Booklet Systems.

Springfield Solutions has invested £1.3m to expand its premises after reaching full capacity.