Print buying

Quotable drops subscription costs and adopts greater print focus
Online marketplace Quotable has made a number of changes to its business model, removing subscription costs and placing a greater focus on print.

GF Smith unveils London Show Space
GF Smith has opened a new creative space in the heart of London’s West End, intended to inspire users of print and paper while “celebrating the power and beauty of paper in a digital age”.

PCS to debut personalised video gift card at PrintWeekLive!
UK card manufacturer Plastic Card Services (PCS) will demonstrate its new personalised video gift card in public for the first time at PrintWeekLive!

Hungarian buy for EDS
A former Polestar executive has had a hand in the latest continental consolidation play in web offset.

Personalised gifting boost for print
Printers are benefiting from the boom in demand for personalised gifting, with Christmas 2016 likely to reach a new high for this part of the market.

DS Smith posts revenue and profit growth in half-year results
DS Smith has recorded significant jumps in both revenue and pre-tax profit in its half-year results.

De La Rue: 'minute traces' of animal products in polymer
The tallow backlash that has engulfed the Bank of England has also caused De La Rue to revisit its polymer formulation, PrintWeek can reveal.

Tallow row causes Bank backtrack
An outcry over the use of miniscule amounts of animal by-products in the production of the new fiver has caused the Bank of England to look at changing the formulation of the banknote substrate.

Ovendens becomes Teknocard distributor
Independent paper merchant Ovendens has become the sole UK stockist for two products in the Teknocard solid bleached sulphate (SBS) board range, after partnering with Arjowiggins Graphic.

Tallow controversy over new fiver
A petition calling on the Bank of England to remove tallow from the substrate used for the new polymer fiver has reached more than 97,000 signatures.

DCL goes live with Xerox DTO
The world’s first installation of the Xerox DTO direct-to-shape printing system is now live at DCL Print in Crawley.

PCS talks up Scandi success following major contract win
UK card manufacturer Plastic Card Services (PCS) and its Scandinavian sales agent LogoCard have continued their export success in the region after securing a new contract to produce more than 21,000...