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Fespa updates on 2024 Expo
Fespa has confirmed that more than 425 exhibiting companies have so far confirmed to participate at the co-located Fespa Global Print Expo 2024, European Sign Expo, Personalisation Experience, and...

Ex-Headley site up for industrial development after failed housing bid
Bust historic printer Headley Brothers’ old site in Ashford, Kent, has been proposed as the site of huge new warehouses, after the abandonment of a previous application for housing development.

Warners upgrades sheetfed with new Manroland 710
Warners Midlands has upgraded one of its two Manroland sheetfed presses with a Manroland R710P Elite 3B press.

SMP welcomes new Royal Mail government sector incentive
The Strategic Mailing Partnership (SMP) has welcomed the launch of the new Government Sector Economy Incentive from Royal Mail.

Sainsbury's cuts plastic with mushroom move
Sainsbury’s has announced its “biggest single plastics removal” yet by putting its fresh mushrooms into cardboard trays.

Remous Group acquires Wells Printing in pre-pack
Remous Group has bought Wells Printing out of administration in a pre-pack deal.

Acquisitive Customark buys Prisym consumables division
Industrial labelling firm Customark has bought Prisym ID’s consumables division, less than a month after its purchase of Paramount Labels.

Ricoh enhances finishing capabilities with Albyco acquisition
Ricoh has acquired Netherlands-based finishing specialist Albyco in a strategic move to expand its production print finishing capabilities across Europe.

Telegraph owner-in-waiting moves to assure doubters
The American former media executive helming the controversial Abu Dhabi-backed bid for the Telegraph and Spectator titles has described RedBird IMI as being “a little bit smarter than some of our...

Venn Holdings hits the buffers
The Venn Holdings buy-and-build dream is in tatters after print wing JDP was shuttered after Christmas, with liquidators expected to be appointed imminently.

Heinzel completes Steyrermühl mill purchase
Heinzel Group has completed the acquisition of the Steyrermühl paper mill in Upper Austria from UPM, marking the end of a sale first signed in 2022.

Xerox to cut workforce by 15%
Xerox has revealed a new operating model and organisational structure “to further the company’s reinvention” and is looking to reduce its workforce by 15%.

DecTek returns to IGS for ninth Titanium cutter
DecTek has taken on a new Titanium 330-R reel to reel digital label cutter from International Graphic Supplies (IGS) – the ninth cutter from the Titanium range it has purchased.

XBM buys new head office with £1.8m NatWest loan
XBM has used a £1.8m loan from NatWest to buy a new head office and warehouse – doubling the size of its current Leeds headquarters and creating over 45 new jobs.

Jason Middleton retires 18 months after Denmaur sale
Jason Middleton has retired from Denmaur Independent Papers, a year and a half after the sale of Middleton Paper Company’s Fine Paper and Conversion division to Denmaur.