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Roland DG expands online offering

Roland DG has boosted the digital activities of its Roland Academy to support printers wanting to expand their skills through the lockdown.

Cimpress: taking action so business "remains financially robust"

Cimpress takes action after virus causes sales slump

Orders at web-to-print giant Cimpress crashed by 65% at the end of March as the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic hit the group’s small business customers around the world.

Forgotten Ltd: social media campaign

Industry firms join 'Forgotten Ltd' outcry

A number of industry micro businesses and sole traders are among the so-called ‘Forgotten Ltd’ businesses that are calling for government support amid the virus crisis.

Swinson-Bullough sporting a special visor designed for children’s hospices

Imageco joins industry's PPE effort

Wide-format printer Imageco has refocused its operation to produce free PPE equipment for a range of local hospitals, care homes and hospices, targeting 3,000 items per week despite furloughing more...

UPM's Caledonian Paper mill is in Irvine on the west coast of Scotland

Caledonian Paper back on line

UPM’s Caledonian Paper mill has restarted operations following an extended shutdown.

StreamFolder 5152 has a top speed of 230m/min

Tecnau launches new line as IFS ploughs on

Tecnau has launched a new plough-fold cut and stack finishing system for high-speed inkjet webs that UK agent IFS described as a “gamechanger” for digital book production.

Adare SEC boosts management team with sales hire

Adare SEC has beefed up its leadership team with a new hire from a rival firm.

New apron: from idea to fruition in a few days

Skymark aprons combat PPE shortage

Flexible packaging company Skymark has begun producing protective antimicrobial aprons to help tackle the PPE shortage among healthcare workers in the UK.

Heidelberg stats: UK commercial print output has crashed to the most serious impact level

Heidelberg performance data details virus impact

Heidelberg is making data from thousands of its presses worldwide publicly available for the first time as it charts the impact of the coronavirus on different parts of the printing industry – and the...

Transcend face shield in production

Transcend pivots to PPE with help from Close Brothers

Transcend Packaging has moved quickly to mass-produce face shields for frontline workers thanks to a fresh finance arranged with Close Brothers Asset Finance.

AniMasks: chairman's fund will provide sewing machines for makers

Grafenia brings in new share scheme

Grafenia has instigated a new Share Stake Scheme that will allow the group to conserve cash while increasing stakeholder engagement with its employees.

Cockburn was sentenced at Glasgow Sheriff Court

Account manager jailed for fraud at Glasgow printers

A woman has been sentenced to 22 months in prison after being found guilty of embezzling almost a quarter of a million pounds from a Scottish print firm.