PrintWeek

PrintWeek is a magazine and website based in the UK that focuses on the print industry. It addresses topics related to printing technology and business operations within the sector. Issued every two weeks, the magazine highlights the latest news and developments in printing equipment. Additionally, PrintWeek publishes daily newspapers for trade shows and hosts its own award ceremonies. The magazine also offers various supplements, such as the Top 500, which showcases the leading companies in the industry, and a Buyers' Guide that lists available products. Initially, it was known as Litho Week.

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Clinical Print Finishers celebrates 50 years - Printweek

1 day ago | printweek.com | Richard Stuart-Turner

The Leicester-based company’s co-founder Alvin Brown started the business with a small loan and a secondhand folding machine after being made redundant in 1975. As Senator Print Finishers the business became one of the largest trade print finishers in the UK. Senator saw a gap in the market for small format/pharmaceutical folding and gradually increased investment in miniature folding machines in the 1980s.
Encore Group acquires rival - Printweek

2 days ago | printweek.com | Jo Francis

The deal completed on Tuesday (3 June). Encore acquired Blackburn-based Heritage on a going concern basis from German owner Mayer-Kuvert, itself part of the Mayer Group. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Encore Group said the buy provided “much-needed consolidation to help maintain a healthy envelope market”. Managing director David Cooper said he expected customer and supplier accounts to continue operating seamlessly, and it was very much “business as usual”.
MM Bangor rebrands with new name - Printweek

2 days ago | printweek.com | Jo Francis

The Northern Ireland-based multi-wall sack specialist was acquired by former Clondalkin CEO John FitzGerald and Cordovan Capital earlier this year. The new name references the heritage of the company, which began life as C.B. Paper Sacks of Dublin back in 1956.
Zeus Group makes two strategic acquisitions - Printweek

3 days ago | printweek.com | Richard Stuart-Turner

The Cork-based packaging group announced yesterday (3 June) that it had acquired Empire Tapes, a Wath upon Dearne, Rotherham-based manufacturer of specialist adhesive tapes, and Rio Tinto Plásticos, a Spanish distributor and manufacturer of sustainable packaging products, based northeast of Madrid. “These strategic moves (…) further reinforce the company’s commitment to innovation, sustainability, and customer-centric solutions,” the group added.
Inkcups appoints new CEO - Printweek

3 days ago | printweek.com | Richard Stuart-Turner

The appointment was effective as of 19 May. Hajec, who served as interim CEO since April 2024, remains a key member of the Inkcups advisory board. The direct-to-object kit specialist said Keating is an experienced leader who has more than 25 years of experience in manufacturing, with deep commercial sales experience, strong technical expertise, and strategic executive leadership.
“If I wasn’t so f*cking angry, I’d laugh”: Boundless delays author payments - Printweek

4 days ago | printweek.com | Dominic Bernard

Authors were informed of the decision in an email from Boundless CEO Archna Sharma, who took the reins of Unbound shortly before its administration in a doomed attempt to revive the publisher’s fortunes. Newco Boundless, which will operate like a traditional publisher, will be unable to pay historic royalties unless it “survives and thrives”, the email read. “This decision, while incredibly difficult, reflects the reality of the company’s cash position.
Marketing heavyweights champion direct mail in new Marketreach campaign - Printweek

4 days ago | printweek.com | Richard Stuart-Turner

It said the campaign, launched yesterday (2 June), was “a creatively disruptive call to arms featuring well-known and influential leaders from across marketing”. New advocates include global brand consultant and marketing professor Mark Ritson; vice chairman of Ogilvy, Rory Sutherland; Nathan Ansell, CMO at Waitrose; and Andrew Tindall, senior vice president of global partnerships at advertising and creative effectiveness platform System1.
Heidelberg re-enters VLF market - Printweek

5 days ago | printweek.com | Jo Francis

The fresh alliance was announced today (2 June) ahead of Heidelberg’s official celebrations for its 175th anniversary. The new Cartonmaster CX 145 is based on Manroland Sheetfed’s Roland 900 Evolution press and joins the flexo web-fed Boardmaster press for folding cartons in Heidelberg’s packaging portfolio. The ‘class 6’ size Cartonmaster has a format of 1,050x1,450mm.
Industry pays tribute to passionate print advocate Jo Lloyd - Printweek

5 days ago | printweek.com | Richard Stuart-Turner

Lloyd had a 40-year career in the UK print industry, which started in her twenties with roles at Reed and EMAP McLaren. A digital colour printing expert, she held sales and leadership positions with a variety of print businesses throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, including The Lettershop Group, Carlton Barclay, Z-Card, DST (later Dsicmm), and Lloyd James.
Paragon acquires Service Graphics - Printweek

5 days ago | printweek.com | Richard Stuart-Turner

The deal, which was announced today (2 June), will see Service Graphics join Paragon’s Marketing Services business line. Privately held investment company Grenadier Holdings (formerly Paragon Group) owns Paragon and had separately owned Service Graphics as part of its Graphic Services division. Paragon said the deal, like many of its acquisitions, is a share purchase agreement.