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Tipografic and Royal Sens offer similar services
Deal completed this week

Tipografic and Royal Sens join forces following acquisition

Rotterdam labels specialist Royal Sens has acquired 100% of Birkenhead-based label producer Tipografic.

Roche: All communication between customers and suppliers is now kept within PaaS
Continued business growth

Haybrooke secures new strategic partnerships

Haybrooke has agreed new strategic partnerships with two major office industry buying groups, Integra Business Solutions and Nemo Office Club.

Konica Minolta's US arm is based in New Jersey
Will head up industrial printing division

Konica Minolta hires EFI's Mallozzi

Konica Minolta has bought on ex-EFI heavyweight Frank Mallozzi to head up its industrial printing division, including high-speed inkjet, labelling and embellishment business channels.

Adner: "The organisation is ready for new leadership that will help accelerate growth"
CEO takes up new role

Inkcups reshuffles board

Inkcups CEO and Founder Benjamin Adner has stepped aside after 23 years at the helm, taking up a new position as chief innovation officer at the promotional product printing kit manufacturer on 25...

Strategic decision to move away from high-end 'craft' work

Jobs go as Bluetree opts for industrial over luxe at Kingsbury

Bluetree Group has decided to switch the remit of Kingsbury Press from bespoke books and high-end brochures to standardised products, in a shock move that will result in a number of job losses.

(L-R) Weedon managing director John Weedon, Zeus founder and owner Brian O’Sullivan and Weedon operations director Peter Weedon
250-staff company bought

Zeus Group acquires Weedon Group

Independently owned Irish packaging company Zeus Group has acquired independent integrated corrugated manufacturer Weedon Group.

Zaikio: Heidelberg’s know-how meets agile philosophy
Heidelberg-owned business

Zaikio enters liquidation

German company Zaikio, known for its cloud-based data and app platform, has gone into liquidation.

The new Colorado M3W can print up to three times faster than the ageing Mimaki it replaced
Colorado M3W

Partition Graphics up to speed with Canon Colorado install

Partition Graphics has installed a Canon Colorado M3W UVgel 1.6m roll-to-roll printer in the first stage of a print room evolution.

Royal Mail: 25% decline in letters compared to pre-pandemic
Warns against buying stamps from unverified sources

Royal Mail tight-lipped on extent of fraudulent stamp use

Royal Mail has refused to comment on how many fraudulent stamps are being detected at its sorting offices, after the Daily Telegraph claimed that fake stamps printed in China are flooding the market...

Fresh investment sought to restructure

Celloglas up for sale

The business and assets of the UK’s biggest multi-site print finishing specialist have been put up for sale with at least one offer already on the table.

CP Arts' Jeti Tauro 3300 UHS marks the final transition to digital from screen printing
Agfa Tauro 3300 UHS installed

CP Arts completes decades-long transition to digital

Retail and POS specialist CP Arts has taken the final step in its digital transition with the installation of a new Agfa Jeti Tauro 3300 UHS printer at its Exeter site.

92% of the audience were looking to invest in equipment in the next 12 months
Visitors travelled from 120 countries

Fespa releases visitor numbers for Amsterdam event

Fespa has revealed the visitor numbers for its co-located Global Print Expo, European Sign Expo, Personalisation Experience and inaugural Sportswear Pro events.

Firm was established in 2006

Sadness as Nottingham Trade Finishers closes doors

Nottingham Trade Finishers has ceased trading after being hit with a downturn in business and increased costs.

The new album is out on 17 May. Image: William Drumm
Aims to minimise environmental impact

Billie Eilish chooses sustainable manufacturing route for new album

Billie Eilish has revealed that her new album, due out next month, will be made using sustainable print and production methods.

Smurfit Kappa Group’s share price fell following the announcement
Competition concerns not raised

Smurfit Kappa and Westrock merger approved

The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the merger between Irish business Smurfit Kappa Group and US company WestRock.