Business

Truffula Sustainability Guidance launched by former RHG environmental manager
Tim Barker, a former environmental manager of Robert Horne Group (RHG) and sustainability specialist at Paperlinx, has launched his own consultancy.

Zund appoints Spandex as UK reseller
Zund has appointed Spandex as the authorised UK reseller of its S3 and G3 range of wide-format flatbed cutters.

MAS survey predicts SME manufacturing growth
Almost two thirds of UK manufacturers are optimistic for growth in the first half of 2013, according to the latest Barometer survey from the MAS (Manufacturing Advisory Service).

Regional daily newspapers suffering in latest ABCs
All bar two regional daily newspapers suffered a drop in circulation in the six months to December 2012 compared to the previous year, recent ABC figures show.

Promail adds iMM polywrappers to range
Promail has added the iMM i6 range of polywrapping machines to its reseller arsenal after signing an exclusive UK distribution agreement with manufacturer International Mailroom Machines (IMM).

Mobile2Print: the future of print?
With web-to-print now a key print sales channel, is mobile-to-print set to be the natural evolution of the technology and be just as crucial, if not more so?

Rigid Containers unveils 6m expansion plan
Rigid Containers, part of the VPK Group, has revealed details of a new production facility set to open in Somerset in April to service its South West customers.

AG/CAD offers display production system with addition of Dyss printers
AG/CAD has moved into wide-format printer sales and will launch the Dyss Apollo Hybrid GH2200 machine at Sign & Digital UK in April alongside a new version of its KaseMake software.

Mambo link to collapsed Alito
A firm called Mambo Direct has been set up at the same registered office as Argall Solutions, which traded as Alito Color Group, after it collapsed earlier this month.

Precision to sell homegrown Oneflow
Gary Peeling, managing director of Precision Printing, has said its in-house-developed workflow, Oneflow, will allow printers to profit from the "only growth market in print" as he prepares to license...

Printers received average of 90k each from EFG scheme
Commercial printers that applied to the Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) scheme have received an average of around 90,000 each in government-backed funding.

Record breaking B1 press arrives at Chesapeake
The world's longest B1 Heidelberg press, comprising 17 units and an inline cold foiling option, has been installed at Chesapeake's East Kilbride facility.