The 2021 Census in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will still go ahead as planned, with collateral set to start arriving at households next month – although Scotland has opted to push back the survey until 2022. UK national statistician Sir Ian Diamond was interviewed on Radio Four’s Today programme this morning [...]
Belgian software developer Dataline Solutions has acquired Dutch company Insad Grafisch to continue its European growth. Insad Grafisch develops the Drumis software that is used by many businesses in the Dutch print and graphics industries. After the company’s founder Gerard van Helsdingen passed away in 2018, the business started the search for [...]
Apparel personalisation fulfilment business Slick Stitch has acquired garment and textiles printing specialist Mad Print, for an undisclosed sum. Wolverhampton-based Slick Stitch works for major brands and retailers, offering services including warehousing, garment embellishment and end consumer logistics. Family-run Mad Print, based in Nottingham, works for a variety of businesses, football clubs, [...]
Twenty Four Seven Design & Print has invested in the UK’s first imagePress C9010VP from Canon to futureproof the business as it waits for its key customer base to return. The Warrington-based firm took delivery of the digital cut-sheet colour toner production press in late December. It replaced an outgoing imagePress C6000, [...]
Flexo plate manufacturer Contact Originators rounded off a challenging but still successful 2020 with the promotion of two long-serving employees to directors. Nick Mitchell has moved from the role of general manager to operations director while Les Jones has been promoted from print innovation and product development manager to technical director. Both [...]
The Suffolk, family-run print business’s commercial director is excited about the future because he believes the post-Covid landscape will create opportunities that were perhaps never there before. If possible, what positives are you able to draw on from the experiences of 2020?I know it sounds like a cliché, but this year has [...]
Our round-up of the most read news from August, where investments and, unsurprisingly, the impact of Covid-19 were the hottest topics. 1 Solopress pivots with inkjet web install 3,122 clicksSolopress has bought the world’s first HP PageWide T250 HD inkjet web press and will use it for commercial – and publishing – [...]
While coronavirus was still largely considered a problem in other countries back in January, in what was perhaps a sign of things to come the year started off with a glut of insolvencies and M&A deals. 1 End of the line for historic print firm 8,751 clicksLong-established Thomas Loughlin (Liverpool) is shutting [...]
While Christmas this year is set to be very different for many of us, rest assured that some traditions endure, and Printweek will be publishing fresh articles every day over the festive period. There’s no doubt that in many ways this is going to be the most unusual of Christmases, but two [...]
Manroland Goss Group has beefed up its packaging offering with the acquisition of the Thallo business from former sister company Contiweb. Manroland Goss Group is the worldwide business of Manroland Goss Web Systems (MGWS). Thallo web presses are targeted at runs that are too short to be profitable using flexo or gravure, [...]
