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Smurfit Kappa Security Concepts invests £2.6m in new Rotatek
FTSE-listed packaging group Smurfit Kappa’s security print arm has invested €3m (£2.58m) in a brand-new custom press from Rotatek.

Vale Press celebrates 40 years with RMGT purchase
Cotswolds-based Vale Press has celebrated its upcoming 40th anniversary with its purchase of a brand-new SRA1 press from RMGT, due for installation in January 2025.

Grafiche Antiga: GEW UV LED opens up new possibilities
Leading Italian commercial printer Grafiche Antiga shares what led it to specify GEW UV LED technology on one of its presses and the benefits it brought the business and customers alike.

K&B wins huge order, reveals mega Drupa spend
Order intake at Koenig & Bauer has been boosted by a big banknote press deal with the United States Bureau of Engraving, while the firm has also revealed its likely eight-digit Drupa spend.

End of the line for Greenshires
Greenshires Group has gone into administration, with all employees laid off.

Komori hints at Drupa launches
Komori will take the wraps off “a new environmentally friendly offset press and a next generation digital printing machine” at Drupa in May.

Me & My: Koenig & Bauer Rapida 145
Back in March Offset Print & Packaging started the complex installation of the latest, whizziest iteration of Koenig & Bauer’s large-format Rapida offset press, the 145. This is the first one in the...

Works Manchester shuttered, 90 staff laid off
Employees at Works Manchester have been sent home, with the future for the business unclear.

Works Manchester latest victim of PFI Group debacle
PFI Group’s disastrous acquisition spree under CEO Darren McMurray has now culminated in the filing of a Notice of Intention to Appoint Administrators against Works Manchester.

WestRock turns to Heidelberg for two more mega-presses
WestRock has installed two huge Heidelberg Speedmaster presses – including the world’s biggest long perfector yet with a whopping 20 units – at its European platform.