UPAC Group is a collective of family-run packaging businesses

UPAC moves to four-day working week

Independent packaging supplier UPAC Group has formalised a four-day working week for its staff.

Reid: "I have always admired the fantastic work the company has done"

Visual Print and Design appoints new business manager

Visual Print and Design has taken on a new business manager to help the company identify new opportunities across the UK and develop client relationships.

Rottenborn: Hybrid acquisition effectively doubled our headcount and revenue

Global Graphics doubles revenue in interim results

Global Graphics has reported a substantial revenue increase in its financial results for the first half of 2020, due in large part to its January acquisition of the Hybrid Software Group and growth in...

Gunning: "With our new cost base, modest increases in revenue will improve profitability"

Grafenia cuts costs for new life post-Covid

Grafenia has published a full year of pandemic-impacted results, with CEO Peter Gunning describing the firm as “the canary in the coronamine” in terms of the knock-on effects across its customer base.

Jones: "We’ve replaced all of our existing equipment with the latest Push to Stops"

Stephens & George completes £16m investment programme

Stephens & George Print Group has rounded off its £16m investment programme with Heidelberg that kicked off in 2018.

Ridgway: Packaging industry “must be mindful of these pressures”

CPMA warns on packaging impact of proposed food regs

The Consumer Packaging Manufacturers Alliance (CPMA) has cautioned that recommended regulation on certain foods could cause issues for the printed packaging industry and the marketing of the products...

A worker at Grafica Veneta inspects work in progress. Image: Grafica Veneta

Book printer raided in gangmaster investigation

One of Europe’s biggest book printers has become embroiled in a ‘gangmaster’ scandal involving the exploitation and abuse of foreign workers.

Moonpig: database of reminders exceeds 50m

Moonpig: customer purchasing starting to normalise

Moonpig has posted its maiden results as a PLC, and has flagged that the incredible growth at the business fuelled by the pandemic will be tempered in the future as life in general settles down to a...

Xaar's new facility is located on the Cambridge Research Park in Waterbeach

Xaar opens new corporate HQ

Xaar has officially opened its new global headquarters in Cambridgeshire.

Flint: no end in sight to ongoing raw material availability crisis

Sappi and Flint flag more price rises

Paper maker Sappi and ink manufacturer Flint have both flagged the need for further price rises due to the ongoing raw materials crisis.

The price increase will apply to deliveries from 1 September 2021

Mitsubishi HiTec Paper to up all prices by 20%

Mitsubishi HiTec Paper Europe is set to roll out another steep price rise – this time for its entire portfolio.

The P-Stackers will be installed in September

W&G Baird invests in automation

Commercial sheetfed printer W&G Baird has become the first company in the UK and Ireland to order robotic Stahlfolder P-Stackers from Heidelberg.