INDUSTRY NEWS
May 2025
Liverymen Philip and Jeannette Warner's Company Warners Midlands take delivery of new equipment
5 MAY 2025
The latest in a series of investments, Warners Midlands Printers has announced it has taken delivery of new automation equipment for its bindery as it increases the efficiency of its plant.
Family-owned specialist printer Warners Midlands has announced it has begun the installation of a brand new Solema Mini Pluton Palletiser valued at €250,000.
In response to a changing work mix and wide variety of customer requirements, Warners says it has been constantly investing in its plant in Bourne Lincolnshire. Warners confirmed that having already improved infrastructure and reduced energy usage by more than 15%, it has been able to manage cost-increase pressures. Earlier this year the company says it acquired a Palamides 502 Stacker to boost automation and efficiency whilst providing the ability to provide paper strapping to customers. The company currently runs a bindery of Muller Martini Saddle Stitching, Perfect and PUR binding lines.
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HEIDELBERG UK partners with the Glastonbury Festival FREE Press
5 MAY 2025
This year, HEIDELBERG UK partners with the Glastonbury Festival Free Press. The Glastonbury Free Press, the Festival newspaper, is printed in the Theatre & Circus fields, along with a series of posters with a different theme each year, that are sold during the course of the festival.
The newspaper is now in its twelfth year of production. Tens of thousands of copies are printed, by hand, over the course of the festival each year. These copies are distributed for free around the festival at different locations and times. It utilizes a vintage 1950s 7-ton HEIDELBERG Cylinder Press to prepare and print the four-page Festival newspaper.
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Updates from Leigh Stationers' Academy
2 MAY 2025
Items this week include:
- A Message from the Principal
- Upcoming Public Examinations: Final Preparation Underway for Years 11 & 13
- Have Your Say: MYP Parent Voice Forums
- Interdisciplinary Learning Pilot Showcases MYP in Action
- Year 8 Parents’ Evening: Appointments Now Live for Booking
- GCSE PE Students Complete Practical Cycling Assessment at CycloPark
- Year 11 Careers and Post-16 Guidance Continues
- PSHE Update: Supporting Personal Development Across Years 7–10
- Supporting Digital Wellbeing: Resources for Parents Inspired by Adolescence
- Work Experience Reminders for Years 10 & 12
- Reward Celebrations Update: Recognising Module 4 Achievement
- KS3 Revision and Study Skills Programme – Expressions of Interest Invited
Highlands is pleased to announce Toni Rawlings has joined the team as Business Development Manager, South
1 MAY 2025
Effective 1 April 2025 Toni will manage dealer relationships across the South of England, supporting continued growth and deeper collaboration with Highlands’ valued partners.
“I am really excited to join Highlands in my business development role in the UK,” said Toni. “I’m looking forward to using my skills to develop close working partnerships and provide the best service possible to our valued clients to deliver meaningful growth.”
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Picon announced as this years sponsors for the Innovation Awards
1 MAY 2025
Picon, the leading industry trade association representing manufacturers and suppliers to the Printing, Papermaking and Paper Converting sectors, have been announced as this year’s Innovation Excellence Award lead sponsors.
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FESPA Global Print Expo
30 APRIL 2025
Update from SME member YPO - Three-year YPO and NSPCC partnership takes safer childhoods message on the road
30 APRIL 2025
To celebrate the renewal of a tie-up that has already raised a six-figure sum for the charity, four YPO delivery vans will feature special livery that includes a YPO-NSPCC joint logo with the message: “Creating Safer Childhoods”.
The vans also spread the word about how people can contact the charity’s Childline by calling 0800 1111. A larger-than-life illustration of two children against a background of YPO’s market-leading glue sticks bears the message, “This is more than just a glue stick …” as part of a wider campaign that supports education, raises awareness about the children’s charity’s Childline service, and supports the NSPCC through sales of the YPO product range.
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KM&IM in action: Lessons from Grenfell at CILIP Conference
30 APRIL 2025
Kirsty Walker, Fire Engineer at ARUP, joins us at Conference to share insights from ARUP’s award-winning project: 'Making Grenfell Tower inquiry evidence accessible as a source of learning'.
The project received the 2024 Knowledge Management Initiative Award presented by CILIP’s Knowledge & Information Management Group for its significant contribution to both the knowledge discipline, and wider society. Kirsty's session will explore how structured, accessible knowledge can drive meaningful change in high-stakes environments.
The Livery Impact Report 2025
28 APRIL 2025
The latest Pan-Livery Impact Report has just been published and can be found at this link.
The-Livery-Impact-Report-2025-DIGITAL.pdf
This report highlights the power of collaboration and the good work the 113 Livery Companies and their 45,000+ members do, working together and pooling resources, time, skills and experience for the benefit of shared philanthropic endeavour.
The report shows a number of livery initiatives and stories. £81m was donated by the livery companies in 2024 and over 76,000 hours of pro bono/voluntary work. Thank you to all Stationers who contribute to the philanthropic work of the livery companies.
Initiative in the workplace!
28 APRIL 2025
Initiative is continuing to provide Integra members with a competitive advantage when it comes to a core range of workplace essentials for their customers. Integra is delighted to announce a further price freeze for Quarter 2 ensuring members can deliver an affordable, quality range of products whilst still achieving healthy margins.
Integra has also been working hard with manufacturers to reduce single use plastic and improve supply chain auditing. The own brand has once again been recognised as a leading brand within the industry by securing The Stationer’s Company warrant for another year!
For more information please contact info@integra-business.co.uk or visit www.integra-business.co.uk
Happy birthday HEIDELBERG and congratulations on your 175th anniversary!
24 APRIL 2025
From bell foundry to global player
• In its anniversary year, HEIDELBERG heads into the future with a clear growth strategy
• Speedmaster series perpetuates success story started by legendary “Original Heidelberger Tiegel” – the 1921 springboard to a world-leading position
• Milestones in the history of HEIDELBERG
On March 11, 1850 – exactly 175 years ago – the Hemmer, Hamm & Co. bell foundry and machine shop opened in Frankenthal. Besides bells, it also made printing presses, which laid the foundations for the company now called Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (HEIDELBERG)
The Paper Gold Medal – Nomination Deadline Extended! 🎖️
24 APRIL 2025
We’re pleased to share that the deadline for nominations for the prestigious Paper Gold Medal has been extended to Friday 9th May
This is your chance to shine a spotlight on someone who has made an outstanding contribution to the UK’s Paper-based Industries – a colleague, a mentor, a leader, or an unsung hero who has truly made a difference.
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