Label printing

Skanem Liverpool is set to make a quarter of its workforce redundant following the loss of a Unilever contract that utilised half of its production capacity.

Sector stalwart Terrye Teverson has retired after 33 years as managing director of Cornwall’s KCS Print, handing the reins over to her daughter Zoe Deadman.

Dantex will run an open house next week to showcase its PicoColour UV inkjet label press.

Reflex Group has signalled its intentions of a busy M&A year ahead with the purchase of Grimsby-based Kingsway Printers.

Flint Group has expanded its range of inks for metallised paper and non-absorbent substrates with the launch of its Novastar D 2000 IML BIO process ink.

Gallus will be showing its new Labelmaster Advanced, an extension of its flagship Labelmaster press, at Labelexpo Europe next month.

KCS Trade Print is expanding its factory footprint by nearly a fifth to create more working space and allow for growth.

Turkish media and software developer DropJet (6-Q100) has brought a new continuous inkjet label press to Fespa, which can print up to 76m/min at widths of from 250mm to 350mm.