Large-format specialist PressOn worked with Harrods to launch Fashion Re-Told, a luxurious pop-up charity store that was set up to raise funds for the NSPCC. Fashion Re-Told was set up to raise funds for the NSPCC The company provided branding for two floors, equating to 218sqm of retail space in a bespoke English [...]
EventureWorks has taken on two Roland DG Texart XT-640 printers to speed up its turnaround times and reduce its footprint. The Texart XT-640 can print at speeds up to 63sqm/hr Supplied by Quality Print Services (QPS), the dye-sub printers were installed at the Falkirk-based company’s 232sqm premises around a month ago.The Texart XT-640 [...]
Stora Enso has signalled the end for Lumi coated woodfree paper and its exit from that market after confirming plans to convert its Oulo Mill in Finland into packaging board production. LumiPaper: production will cease next year The decision was announced today (28 May) following a lengthy feasibility study that began last summer [...]
Leeds-based design studio Split has set a new Guinness World Record for the world’s largest letterpress printing press. The People Powered Press has a print area measuring 1,450x940mm Housed in Split’s studio, The People Powered Press was measured for the record attempt last month by building surveyor Watts.The measurements were submitted to Guinness [...]
Landa chief executive Yishai Amir said the firm will install its first W10 flexible packaging press early next year, and has revealed ambitions to achieve a rapid ramp-up in installations over the coming three years. Bruns: "The Landa technology really allows us to get a good ROI" Speaking at an open house event [...]
Adare SEC has stood by its processes and the reputability of its international delivery network after seemingly being blamed for "thousands" of expats not being able to vote in the EU elections. Adare SEC said it uses "reputable international mail handlers" for its overseas delivery The BBC reported this morning that some local [...]
Fespa Global Expo 2019 has been hailed a resounding success by exhibitors, while final numbers are being calculated, more than 13,000 unique visitors came through the show's doors in the first two days alone. “Fespa is a show where people come to buy" While textile print took centre stage in the Print Make Wear [...]
Corrugated and paper-based packaging company Smurfit Kappa has completed a major upgrade to its flagship mill in the Netherlands in response to surging demand for paper-based alternatives to plastic packaging. Smurfit Kappa continues investment drive for sustainable packaging production The Roermond Paper Mill began improvements on its 5m-wide Paper Machine 1 (PM1) a couple [...]
Tradeprint’s departing business development manager, and former owner of Sense Creative, has launched a new digital flipbook production service for print companies. Thompson hopes to "create a model to empower printers" Tim Thompson has stepped down from his Tradeprint role as of Thursday 9 May and announced the launch of PrintingFlip, an online [...]
German antitrust authorities have stymied Heidelberg’s planned takeover of MBO, and the deal will not go ahead. MBO: takeover would have created a "dominant position" Heidelberg inked a deal to buy the Germany-headquartered finished equipment specialist, best known for folding machines, last October.The buy was expected to complete by the end of [...]
