Certification
Heidelberg to launch new colour contracts at open house
Heidelberg will launch a series of new colour management contracts at its open house event on Wednesday and Thursday (12-13 November).
FSC Online Claims Platform now 'voluntary'
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) has pulled back on plans to make its proposed Online Claims Platform (OCP) mandatory to all certificate holders and has delayed its launch until early 2015.
Heidelberg sets up regional colour certification teams to meet rising demand
Heidelberg has strengthened its UK colour certification team and made it more regionally focused as a reaction to the growing number of ISO 12647-2 certifications and to implement pressroom-wide print...
AB Group Packaging and PEFC encourage paper bag use
AB Group Packaging and the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) are encouraging brand owners, retailers and consumers to use more paper bags as an alternative to plastic.
Prinovis becomes first UK gravure printer to be Ecolabel accredited
Prinovis UK has successfully met the criteria required to achieve EU Ecolabel accreditation for gravure print production across a range of its papers and products, the UK Ecolabelling competent body...
Graphic Measures International targets Europe
Packaging quality measurement agency Graphic Measures International (GMI) has opened a UK sales centre to widen its certification reach to European retailers and print managers.
Business inspection: Performing at the gold standard
Overhauling performance management cemented this company’s commitment to staff.
Duncan Print invests to bite into food sector
Duncan Print Group is expanding into food packaging after a recent kit investment and accreditation.
Timber regulations turn over a new leaf
That nothing even closely resembling the new EU Timber Regulations (EUTR) existed before they were launched in March, is kind of surprising. Most would probably have assumed that introducing illegally...
York Mailing first UK printer to achieve EU Ecolabel
York Mailing has become the first UK printer to be awarded an EU Ecolabel license for printed paper products.
New ISO standard 'will be increasingly important to print buyers'
A new ISO standard has mapped out a common method for calculating the carbon footprint of printed products.
Media Print Group claims print management carbon first
West Midlands-based print management company Media Print Group has achieved Carbon Balanced status, which certification partner PaperlinX believes makes it the the first UK print management company to...