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The printer uses water-based HP Latex inks
Install has increased firm's confidence

Seymour Sign & Print cuts turnaround times with HP Latex

Signage company Seymour Sign & Print has reduced its turnaround times significantly and bolstered its production efficiency after taking on an HP Latex 335 printer.

The 2023 event attracted 6,500 visitors and 340 exhibitors
Event will run in February

Packaging Innovations opens registrations for 2024 flagship

Packaging Innovations & Empack organiser Easyfairs has laid out initial details for the flagship 2024 event at the NEC in Birmingham in February.

Creating a culture of timely payment could boost the economy by £2.5bn
Now at least 180 days

Leading marketing services group significantly extends payment terms

One of the UK’s biggest marketing services providers has extended its minimum supplier payment terms to 180 days full term.

Screentec is nestled in the hills of Ferndale
Further acquisitions planned

Screentec buys Tower Print

Merchandise specialist Screentec has acquired nearby Tower Print, kicking off a new growth strategy for the Welsh firm.

Promotion effective as of last month

Parry Jones appointed CEO of The Specialist Works

Parry Jones has been appointed CEO of media planning and buying agency The Specialist Works and its parent company What’s Possible Group.

Soporan said he would consider adding a print module in the future
Can produce over 100 box styles

Start-up picks Autobox for new offering

Start-up business Ion Packaging has put a Kolbus Autobox device at the centre of its new offering.

Bates: "Welcoming new members on board is always a pleasure"
Body broadens reach

Two Sides signs up three new members

Print and paper advocacy group Two Sides has welcomed a trio of new members – CPI, the Sheet Plant Association, and Greener Mail.

Law Print works with a global network of accredited packaging manufacturers and suppliers
Company is based in Stockport

Law Print sold to Thai packaging group

Print and packaging management company Law Print has been sold to Thai packaging group SCG Packaging (SCGP).

Switches some customers from post to paper-free

Lloyds takes 'precautionary step' over paper statements

Lloyds Bank has taken the unusual step of switching some customer to online statements because of unspecified issues with issuing normal paper statements – apparently connected to problems at its...

Platinum Award winners announced

JICMail launches Discovery 3.0 and highlights best practice cases

JICMail, the joint industry currency for ad mail, launched the latest update to its Discovery tool while users shared ways they use the data at a breakfast event held in London yesterday (1 November).

First role was office junior

Gill Tress celebrates 40 years at SF Taylor

Gill Tress, business services director at commercial printer SF Taylor, has celebrated her 40th year at the 97-year-old Stockport firm.

A third of e-commerce vendors are looking to build stronger relationships with packaging suppliers
One in four packaging shipments late

Packaging supply chain “old fashioned”, say half of e-commerce firms

E-commerce companies in the UK are losing an average of £150,000 annually to packaging waste, according to a new report, with half calling the packaging supply chain “old fashioned.”

'This business is still all about people'

Nick Gee to retire next year

Denmaur co-founder Nick Gee will retire at the end of the firm’s current financial year, after four decades at the paper and board merchant.

Swinson-Bulloughs (C): It's great to see young people grow with the company
Four

Imageco completes hiring round

Imageco, the Leeds wide-format printer, has completed a hiring round that expanded the firm by 20% to 24.

$5m of business closed

Printing United 'will continue to raise the bar'

Printing United Expo has “set a new benchmark for the printing industry” according to show organisers who have declared the show a resounding success.