Dodgy doings dominate January

Shady goings on took the top spots in January’s list of most-read stories, but it wasn’t all bad news with investments from high-profile players in kit and people also getting their fair share of...

Benpac: successful implementation had to be called into question

Benpac: why the Gallus deal failed

Benpac Holding has blamed “resistance” from the Gallus operations and the market in general, conflicts over future co-operation, and negative media reports for its decision not to complete its...

Pigs can fly

Jo Francis ponders the small print around Moonpig's flotation plans.

Winsor: "We are seeing the demand for folding work growing"

BFE updates finishing with double Morgana purchase

Business Forms Express (BFE) has bolstered its existing portfolio of Morgana kit with the purchase of two more machines – an AutoFold Pro and an EBA 6660 guillotine.

Winners will be announced at a virtual awards ceremony in June

Stationers’ Innovation Excellence Awards returns for 2021

The Stationers’ Company has launched its 2021 Innovation Excellence Awards, the first since 2019 as the scheme was postponed last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus has impacted every corner of society

ONS reveals Covid impact on print workers

Recent figures from the Office for National Statistics have revealed the level of Covid-related deaths across the print industry.

HH Global: trading between March-September 2020 was “resilient”

HH results reflect 'momentous' year

Sales at HH Global continued their upward trajectory in the group’s latest results, with margins also increasing – although exceptional costs and share-based payment expenses complicated the bottom...

Gallus: wholly owned by Heidelberg since 2014

Heidelberg: Gallus sale falls through

Heidelberg’s deal to sell Gallus Group to Benpac Holding has fallen through at the eleventh hour, after the scheduled €120m (£106m) payment for the business failed to materialise.

Cropper: focus was on making our processes within the company one-touch

Partnerships power the possible

An award-winning business shares its experience of how a vendor partnership unlocked its potential despite the pandemic.

Sponsored
Arjobex has a UK base in Clacton-on-Sea. Image: Google Maps

Arjobex acquires MDV Group

Arjobex Synthetic Papers has acquired Germany-based specialty papers and films manufacturer and coater MDV Group.

Next: online sales and keeping warehouses in action came to fore last year

Next boosts in-house print op with Ricoh spend

Retailer Next has gone public with details about how its latest spend on Ricoh kit for its in-house print department helped the business adapt to Covid-19 trading restrictions.

An estimated 202 million printed books were sold in the UK in 2020

Printed book sales pass 200m in 2020 despite pandemic

More than 200 million printed books were sold in the UK last year for the first time since 2012, despite the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.