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IN BRIEF Texo Trade Services at

Swanline Group has
increased its gluing and
taping capacity after taking
delivery of a Lamina 2200 FESPA 2023
GL Gluer. The machine,
which has tape applicators
and feeder options, was
installed at the Stone, Texo Trade Services at trade shows or festivals.
S t af f or ds hir e- (TTS) will be demonstrating TTS will store these and
headquartered business its green credentials at Fespa offer them as one large recy-
earlier this month, and supplied by Lamina’s UK and Irish Global Print Expo in Munich cling batch to its partner
sales agent, Neil Thayer of Finishline Machinery. Swanline
chose the Lamina following an onsite demo, after finding it next month, including a new Frankenhuis, a recycling
offered the best value of the options it considered. The textile recycling service and company that specialises in
machine’s twin operator system allows two jobs to be run several new green products. sustainable textile process-
simultaneously, meaning left and right feeding can be glue/ The Dutch print media and Texo Trade Services at FESPA ing. Frankenhuis then recy-
glue, tape/tape or glue/tape, size permitting. The gluing
element applies straight-line glue beads, making it suitable textiles manufacturer and itate logistics and offer all its cles these textiles as
for simple boxes and display work. The blanks are hand fed distributor said that with furniture padding. TTS said
with glue being applied automatically, then folded over and increasing demand for both soft signage customers the the service gives a long sec-
pressed, making a finished box. sustainable products and opportunity to have used ond life to textiles that are
Transcend Packaging has calls for corporate social sublimation printed textiles usually only used for a few
secured a $10m (£8m) responsibility, it is commit- collected and recycled. This days.
investment from Japanese ted to innovation in this includes flags, silicone edge TTS will exhibit on stand
moulded fibre pioneer area. graphics, banners, and tex- C51 in hall B1 at Fespa, tak-
Itochu. The deal, which
Transcend called “the cor- With the textile recycling tile remnants that are used ing place at Messe Munich
nerstone” of its latest service, TTS said it will facil- for short periods, including from 23-26 May.
funding round, will see the
Welsh manufacturer ramp
up its expansion plans in Retailers call for EPR rethink
the UK, Europe, Asia and North America.Transcend, which
specialises in food-safe moulded fibre packaging for the Major retailers have called and laid out six reforms it goals. Unfortunately, there is
retail and catering industries, currently has installed capac- little confidence in Defra’s
ity to produce several billion straws per year, and will be on the government to believes are necessary “to
investing to ramp up its capacity for straws, lids, and other rethink the Extended create a waste management current proposals for EPR,”
moulded fibre products. The firm said the new funding Producer Responsibility system that is fit for the the BRC stated. Retailers
round would also see it put a “significant focus” on research (EPR) packaging waste future”. want EPR funds to be ring-
and development. Investor Itochu, one of Japan’s largest
diversified trading companies, known as sogo shosha, has scheme, describing the cur- “Major retailers are calling fenced to stop local councils
turnover of around $100bn. Transcend prints in-house with rent plans as “fundamentally on Government to fix the potentially diverting money
an HP Indigo 30000 and a KBA litho press, and uses Bobst flawed” and lacking ambi- policy. At a cost of at least away from recycling to other
cutter-creasers. tion. EPR is due to come into £1.7bn per year, businesses budget streams.The BRC also
DS Smith has revealed that force in April 2024. want a world class new EPR called for co-ordination with
it will be investing ¤145m Industry association the scheme that significantly other waste management
(£128m) in an upgrade pro- British Retail Consortium increases the use of recycled reforms, and said that EPR
gramme for its kraft paper (BRC) said an urgent govern- materials in new packaging only made sense if done
mill near Viana, Portugal. ment rethink was required as they try to meet their alongside improvements to
The investment, to be
made over a number of regarding the current plans, ambitious sustainability household waste collection.
years, will see the mill’s
upgrading the plant from an annual capacity of 400,000 Historic Deanprint shuttered
paper machine rebuilt and a recovery boiler installed,
tonnes to 428,000. Bought from OEM Valmet, the new recov- It looks like it’s the end of Administrators (NOI) was
ery boiler will boost steam efficiency at the mill by 25%, and
allow steam to be recycled back into the mill from the boiler. the line for the historic filed for Deanprint, which
The boiler is expected to come online in early 2025. The new Deanprint business after protected the business from
boiler will support the rebuilding of PM4, the mill’s paper potential interest in the com- action by creditors during
machine to increase in both speed and capacity. pany failed to result in a sale. the process. The firm had
CPI Group has teamed with ClimateCalc as the book printing Deanprint was originally previously employed around
specialist steps up emissions tracking and client reporting established in 1890. The It was established in 1890 39 staff, according to its 2022
across its operations. The group engaged consultants Ecograf business was acquired by connected companies enter- accounts.
before deciding to use the ClimateCalc tool to track, measure Manchester Printers Group ing insolvency – resulted in However, despite employ-
and certify its Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions, “with the in July last year and was relo- ees being told of 22 potential
aim of identifying a path to Scope 3 GHG reduction”. Deanprint being put up for
ClimateCalc is a joint initiative of industry associations across cated to a new site on the sale with KBL Advisory in expressions of interest in the
Europe that come under the Intergraf umbrella, including Lawnhurst Trading Estate. Sale handling the process. company, Printweek under-
the BPIF in the UK. Scope 1 and 2 emissions are already However, recent issues at the Earlier this month, a Notice stands that none material-
tracked across CPI’s 16 production sites across Europe. parent group – with multiple of Intention to Appoint ised in a conclusive deal.

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