Agfa has lodged a patent infringement case against luxury fashion house Gucci, related to inkjet printing onto leather.

Saica Group has reached an agreement to acquire a minority share of Belgian corrugated cardboard company Pacapime.

Reproflex3, the Northumberland pre-press, flexographic platemaker and FMCG packaging printer has acquired ANF, a flexo printing plate manufacturer in County Durham.

The trial involving a £70m fraud against Royal Mail has come to an abrupt end after a dramatic change of plea.

Sales at Agfa’s Digital Print & Chemicals wing were up nearly 6% in Q2, with the business gearing up for commercial availability of its SpeedSet B1 inkjet press next year.

Cumbrian paper maker James Cropper has reported a strong recovery in sales in its full-year results, including revenue growth for its Paper division, although its pre-tax profit was down.

St Bride Foundation has reprised its annual conference, with the event set to take place in November in person while also being live-streamed to a worldwide audience for the first time.

Macfarlane Group has reported on a strong start to the year, with increases in both its sales and pre-tax profit reported in its half-year results.

Italian paper manufacturer Fedrigoni Group has laid out plans for a new 3,000sqm Innovation Centre, which will concentrate its research and development (R&D) activity in one place.

Midland Regional Printers (MRP) has entered into a tree planting scheme, where for every order received it supports the planting of a tree.

Lesters Packaging has installed a second TCY casemaker and expanded its sales team in a multi-million pound expansion effort.

A fully colour-accurate digital proofing system for packaging.