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Soyang strengthens hardware team with appointment of former Fujifilm executive Colin Werrett

Print Solutions Soyang Europe has appointed Colin Werrett as senior business development manager, with responsibility for developing its hardware business across the UK. Colin joined Soyang at the beginning of October and is already working with the wider team to strengthen customer relationships and support the company’s expanding offering. He reports directly to Andy Webb, the recently appointed commercial director, as the company continues to invest in and expand its har

Oct 122 min read

Sustainable Print Manifesto launches implementation framework to turn sustainable best practice into commercial opportunity

Print Solutions Green Solutions The Sustainable Print Manifesto has launched the ‘Implementation Framework for More Sustainable Print’. The Sustainable Print Manifesto was unveiled in April 2025. Where the manifesto established a shared definition of sustainable print through nine universal principles, the Implementation Framework for More Sustainable Print takes a very important next step: it turns those principles into practical actions, a common set of indicators to measu

Oct 122 min read

Packaging pioneers take top honours as Margaret Bates and M&S triumph at London Packaging Week

Packaging Solutions Margaret Bates, who led the establishment of the UK's packaging extended producer responsibility (pEPR) scheme administrator, and Marks & Spencer have been recognised for their contributions to the packaging industry at the London Packaging Week Innovation Awards 2026. Margaret received the Lifetime Achievement Award for a career spanning more than three decades in recycling, resource management and environmental policy, while M&S was named Packaging Tea

Oct 123 min read

William Smith Group 1832 wins best place to work at the North East Business Awards

Print Solutions William Smith Group 1832 has won best place to work at the 2026 North East Business Awards, collecting the title at the Grand Final on Thursday 1 October at Hardwick Hall Hotel in Sedgefield, County Durham. The win follows the Barnard Castle film supplier's listing as one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2026 earlier this year. That earlier recognition carries particular weight because it is based entirely on feedback from William Smith's own employee

Oct 92 min read

Konica Minolta strengthens UK partnership with Epson

Print Solutions Konica Minolta Business Solutions (UK) Ltd has reinforced its two‑ ecade partnership with Epson by expanding the range of Epson wide format print technologies now available for live demonstration at its UK Client Engagement Centre (CEC) in Dunstable. The move reflects Konica Minolta’s commitment to supporting the UK commercial print sector with a broader, more versatile portfolio and giving customers hands‑on access to leading solutions. The enhanced showcas

Oct 92 min read

Understand carbon in the context of packaging

Packaging Solutions How confident are you in understanding the carbon impact of your packaging decisions? ThePackHub’s new Carbon Literacy Training for the Packaging Sector will help you understand climate change, carbon footprints, net zero and emissions scopes – and consider what these mean for packaging and your own role. Developed by Ecosurety and delivered by ThePackHub under licence, this accredited course combines essential carbon knowledge with practical examples

Oct 91 min read

Conference programme to tackle sustainability, regulation and innovation at UKPackaging Expo

Packaging Solutions UKPackaging Expo will put insight, regulation and real world best practice centre stage this November with a strengthened conference programme designed to help packaging teams navigate one of the most transformative periods the sector has ever faced. Returning to the Exhibition Centre, Liverpool on 10 and 11 November 2026, the show’s Future Packaging Conference will run across both days of the event, bringing together industry leaders, major brands and t

Oct 93 min read

Signs Display investment doubles capacity

Print Solutions Signs Display has strengthened its large format production capability with the installation of an Agfa Tauro H2500, building on a technology partnership that began 15 years ago. The new hybrid system has been added alongside the company’s two existing Titan printers and have bolstered its capacity while opening new opportunities in roll media, white ink, and specialist applications. Operating since 1993, Signs Display has grown from its origins in estate age

Oct 82 min read

Print Scotland celebrates industry’s rising stars at 2026 Apprentice of the Year Awards

Print Solutions Scotland’s next generation of print professionals have been recognised at the 2026 Print Scotland Apprentice of the Year Awards, with Aidan McQuade of JJR Print in Dumbarton crowned Overall Apprentice of the Year. The awards were presented at an event last Friday (2 October 2026) in Glasgow, where apprentices, employers, suppliers and industry leaders gathered to celebrate talent and innovation across the sector. The annual awards recognise excellence acro

Oct 82 min read

Neil Fletcher to join Heidelberg UK as sales and product director and interim managing director

Print Solutions Heidelberg UK has announced the appointment of Neil Fletcher as its new sales and product director effective 2 November 2026. In addition, Neil will also assume the role of interim managing director of Heidelberg UK, ensuring continuity of leadership. Neil Fletcher brings extensive industry knowledge and leadership experience to the role, having previously served Heidelberg UK for 23 years in a variety of senior sales and management positions. Neil will

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Think Tank, a leading UK bespoke packaging design agency, is launching new Smart packaging formats designed to help brands elevate their packaging design and boost their commercial reach. Read more.

Households dumped 5.6 million tonnes of packaging last year. New analysis has found that 5.6 million tonnes of packaging waste was binned by households last year, as councils call on new reforms to reduce packaging and make it easier to recycle.

Mondelēz International has announced that its Cadbury core sharing bars, manufactured in Bournville and Coolock and sold in the UK and Ireland, will be wrapped in 80% certified recycled plastic packaging, which can be attributed to plastic sourced from advanced recycling technology. This move is the result of a collaboration with Amcor and Jindal Films.

Kornit Digital has announced that T-Shirt & Sons (TSS) – a prominent European apparel manufacturer based in the UK and the Netherlands and serving some of the largest e-commerce and retail brands – has adopted its Apollo platform to further its transition from traditional screen printing to digital production.

In partnership with Forest Carbon, pioneer of carbon financed woodland creation in the UK, paper suppllier Antalis recently hosted a tree planting day at a woodland creation project in Cumbria. Antalis, which has worked with Forest Carbon since 2014 and is its longest standing current partner, attended the tree planting day at The Croft on the Lowther Estate in Penrith, Cumbria.