[ad_1] SCA will make its last reel of publication paper today as the group shuts down the last remaining paper machine at its Ortviken mill. Last August the Swedish forestry group announced that it would cease paper production at what is its last remaining publication grade mill. The Ortviken site will be converted to [...]
[ad_1] Green-On has seen a boost in productivity after installing a secondhand Heidelberg Speedmaster 74-5PH. Supplied by Exel Printing Machinery, the 2000 Series five-colour 2/3 perfector was installed at the Tunbridge Wells-based business over the Christmas period and replaced an older Speedmaster 74 from 1999 that was part-exchanged with Exel. Green-On finished printing on [...]
[ad_1] Arjowiggins has launched a new colour matching tool that aims to make it simple for designers and brands to combine products from its Keaykolour and Curious Metallics creative paper collections. Launched on Tuesday (9 February), the new tool, which was designed by Arjowiggins’ creative partner North, comes as a dual box set and [...]
[ad_1] Agfa is setting up a new UK showroom in the midlands that will house equipment from its Inkjet Solutions and Radiology businesses. The Belgian-headquartered manufacturer had previously used space within its now-shuttered Leeds plate manufacturing site as a demonstration centre. Its new 325sqm facility at a refurbished industrial unit on Butlers Leap, Rugby, [...]
[ad_1] Heidelberg’s share price jumped by 25% after it reported a recovery in demand in China and Europe and upgraded its operating profit forecasts for the full year. In its Q3 and nine-month report, Heidelberg said that despite expecting an overall fall in sales year-on-year of as much as €500m (£438m), it was anticipating [...]
[ad_1] Flexible packaging printer Arrow Film Converters has been fined over £17,500 for operating without an Environmental Permit and allowing harmful emissions to be released into the local environment. The Castleford, Wakefield, West Yorkshire-based business largely serves clients in the food packaging industry. Wakefield Council said that the company’s failure at the time to [...]
[ad_1] ACA Print Finishing & Packaging Solutions has taken on a finishing specialist with more than 40 years’ experience as its new business development manager. Jeremy (Jes) Crossley, who started in the newly created role on 1 December, has returned to print finishing after a 20-year stint with Heidelberg UK as a post-press specialist and [...]
