News

Two Sides provides members with resources, facts and figures to back up sustainability claims
More join sustainability messaging group

Two Sides signs up five

Two Sides has signed up five more companies to its ranks, with members receiving help communicating the sustainability of printed media.

The scene inside the industrial unit
Joint investigation into fake £20 notes

Two charged after police raid

Two men arrested at a printing workshop have been charged with conspiring to make counterfeit banknotes.

Blackwell's new Matrix foiler has proved itself equally useful for its laminating as its foiling
Versants installed

Blackwell refreshes digital lineup following MBO

Blackwell Print has refreshed its digital printing lineup following its management buyout (MBO) in June 2023.

(L-R) Coveris' Christian Kolarik and Hadepol Flexo's Leszek Gumowski sign contract
Fourth CEE acquisition

Coveris to acquire Polish packaging specialist

Coveris has agreed to acquire a Polish manufacturer of high-quality flexible paper and films packaging.

Tipografic and Royal Sens offer similar services
Deal completed this week

Tipografic and Royal Sens join forces following acquisition

Rotterdam labels specialist Royal Sens has acquired 100% of Birkenhead-based label producer Tipografic.

Roche: All communication between customers and suppliers is now kept within PaaS
Continued business growth

Haybrooke secures new strategic partnerships

Haybrooke has agreed new strategic partnerships with two major office industry buying groups, Integra Business Solutions and Nemo Office Club.

Konica Minolta's US arm is based in New Jersey
Will head up industrial printing division

Konica Minolta hires EFI's Mallozzi

Konica Minolta has bought on ex-EFI heavyweight Frank Mallozzi to head up its industrial printing division, including high-speed inkjet, labelling and embellishment business channels.

Adner: "The organisation is ready for new leadership that will help accelerate growth"
CEO takes up new role

Inkcups reshuffles board

Inkcups CEO and Founder Benjamin Adner has stepped aside after 23 years at the helm, taking up a new position as chief innovation officer at the promotional product printing kit manufacturer on 25...

Strategic decision to move away from high-end 'craft' work

Jobs go as Bluetree opts for industrial over luxe at Kingsbury

Bluetree Group has decided to switch the remit of Kingsbury Press from bespoke books and high-end brochures to standardised products, in a shock move that will result in a number of job losses.

(L-R) Weedon managing director John Weedon, Zeus founder and owner Brian O’Sullivan and Weedon operations director Peter Weedon
250-staff company bought

Zeus Group acquires Weedon Group

Independently owned Irish packaging company Zeus Group has acquired independent integrated corrugated manufacturer Weedon Group.

Zaikio: Heidelberg’s know-how meets agile philosophy
Heidelberg-owned business

Zaikio enters liquidation

German company Zaikio, known for its cloud-based data and app platform, has gone into liquidation.

The new Colorado M3W can print up to three times faster than the ageing Mimaki it replaced
Colorado M3W

Partition Graphics up to speed with Canon Colorado install

Partition Graphics has installed a Canon Colorado M3W UVgel 1.6m roll-to-roll printer in the first stage of a print room evolution.

Royal Mail: 25% decline in letters compared to pre-pandemic
Warns against buying stamps from unverified sources

Royal Mail tight-lipped on extent of fraudulent stamp use

Royal Mail has refused to comment on how many fraudulent stamps are being detected at its sorting offices, after the Daily Telegraph claimed that fake stamps printed in China are flooding the market...

Fresh investment sought to restructure

Celloglas up for sale

The business and assets of the UK’s biggest multi-site print finishing specialist have been put up for sale with at least one offer already on the table.

CP Arts' Jeti Tauro 3300 UHS marks the final transition to digital from screen printing
Agfa Tauro 3300 UHS installed

CP Arts completes decades-long transition to digital

Retail and POS specialist CP Arts has taken the final step in its digital transition with the installation of a new Agfa Jeti Tauro 3300 UHS printer at its Exeter site.