[ad_1] McGowans’ Landa S10 press has arrived at the firm’s Dublin production facility. The business, which also has an operation in Northern Ireland, revealed it had ordered the press earlier this year. It will be the first Landa press on the island of Ireland. The firm’s B1 format Landa S10 is a straight printing [...]
[ad_1] Future is back on the acquisition trail with a £300m deal to buy most of the Dennis Publishing business. Dennis was acquired by private equity house Exponent three years ago. The business spun off its automotive brands and ecommerce sites into a separate venture, Autovia, earlier this year. Future is acquiring the £104m [...]
[ad_1] DS Smith has invested in ten Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) to increase sustainability and efficiency at its Kemsley paper mill in Kent. The all-electric Rocla vehicles, supplied by Mitsubishi Logisnext Europe, are in and operating 24/7 and perform a variety of tasks around the fully automated warehouse including collecting reels from the production [...]
[ad_1] Hedgerow Print has installed a new Komori press as part of an expansion that involved more than doubling the size of its premises. The Devon-based business has moved into a larger, 930sqm unit on the same industrial estate in Crediton, having previously operated across two smaller units. As part of the £1.5m investment [...]
[ad_1] Graphics origination and flexographic plate manufacturer Contact Originators has taken on a new technical manager to support its expansion. Gareth Heward, who started at the Dukinfield, Greater Manchester-based business on Monday (2 August), has more than 30 years’ experience in the print and graphics sectors. His role is a new position that encompasses [...]
[ad_1] Out-of-home (OOH) advertising is set for a major – largely digital-driven – recovery this year following a dive in fortunes during the coronavirus pandemic, with further growth forecast for 2022 according to new research. The latest quarterly Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report, which collects advertising revenue data across the entire media landscape, predicts that [...]
[ad_1] Stephens & George Print Group has rounded off its £16m investment programme with Heidelberg that kicked off in 2018. The Merthyr Tydfil-based business, which specialises in magazine and commercial printing, is set to take delivery of a new Speedmaster XL 106-5+LX3, which will be in operation in early 2022 and will replace an [...]
[ad_1] Stora Enso said that demand for its products – with the exception of graphic paper – had recovered strongly in Q2. President and CEO Annica Bresky cited a number of improving figures that excluded the group’s paper wing. “As the global economy recovers from the impacts of the pandemic, our strong performance continued [...]
[ad_1] Royal Mail has reported strong sales in the three months to 30 June in a trading update alongside its AGM. The group has provided comparisons with its Q1 trading in the 2019-20 and 2020-21 financial years for context and trends pre- and during the Covid-19 pandemic. Chairman Keith Williams said: “For Royal Mail, [...]
[ad_1] Taylor Brothers has bolstered its folding capacity after investing in a new Stahlfolder BH 66 6/4 and stacker from Heidelberg. The Bristol-based business, which has a longstanding relationship with Heidelberg, took delivery of the kit last month. The agreement also included the Lifecycle Smart version of Heidelberg’s Print Site Contract, which comprises the [...]
