Printweek Daily Bulletin - Veteran investor buys Barnard & Westwood; Arrow eyes European eco first; Fretwell in Speedmaster spend; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [Add to safe senders list]( [PrintWeek]( Friday 12 February 2021 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Fujifilm] [Today's top stories] [Veteran investor buys Barnard & Westwood]( [Veteran investor buys Barnard & Westwood]( Historic printer Barnard & Westwood is beginning its centenary year under fresh ownership after veteran retail entrepreneur Maurice Bennett CBE acquired the business. [Arrow Film readying switch to innovative water-based process]( [Arrow Film readying switch to innovative water-based process]( Flexible packaging printer Arrow Film Converters has revealed that it had not applied for an Environmental Permit from its local council and invested in the associated equipment because it had been gearing up for a long-planned switch to a new water-based printing method. [Fretwell ups productivity with Push To Stop Speedmaster buy]( [Fretwell ups productivity with Push To Stop Speedmaster buy]( Fretwell Print & Direct Mail has seen a boost in productivity after investing in a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75 5-L with AutoPlate Pro, Inpress Control and the new integrated Prinect product suite. [Agfa invests in new UK showroom]( Agfa is setting up a new UK showroom in the midlands that will house equipment from its Inkjet Solutions and Radiology businesses. [Zeus rounds off €40m spend]( Acquisitive Irish packaging group Zeus Packaging has expanded its European footprint with its largest deal to date as it completes a €40m (£35m), three-year strategic shopping spree to fuel growth. [Sponsored content] ["Europe’s most cost-effective printer for high-volume leaflets and door-drops’’]( ["Europe’s most cost-effective printer for high-volume leaflets and door-drops’’]( Craig Hall, head of Em de Jong’s UK office, details how the high-volume printer has set its sights on UK growth by offering the biggest range of formats, produced on the most up-to-date printing presses in the market. [Partnerships power the possible]( [Partnerships power the possible]( An award-winning business shares its experience of how a vendor partnership unlocked its potential despite the pandemic. [Yesterday's most read] [Riverside buys local firm to diversify offering]( [Paragon CC boosts training with new apprentice scheme]( [Konica Minolta targets booming corrugated market with short-run device]( [Blogs] [Pigs can fly]( Jo Francis ponders the small print around Moonpig's flotation plans. [In this issue] [Straddling December 2020 and January 2021, the latest Printweek is out now. Our '2020 vision’ issue is crammed with thought-provoking insights, business critical info and all the latest news and views from the UK print industry...]( [Forward to a friend](mailto:?subject=Print%20industry%20news%20...&body=I%20thought%20you%20might%20be%20interested%20in%20this%20newsletter%20from%20PrintWeek:%20%20 [Got some news? Email the PrintWeek newsdesk here](mailto:printweek.newsdesk@markallengroup.com) [PrintWeek jobs] [Heidelberg Platen Operator]( [Account Manager]( [Perfect Binder Operator]( [Manager- Sales/Business Development for UK/Scotland/Ireland Region]( [Sales and Marketing Manager – Digital Print Division]( [More jobs]( [Knowledge Bank] [Managing perfection]( [Managing perfection]( So much has been written about the art of management that an individual looking to improve their knowledge with a purchase from Amazon had better become a speed reader or know how to narrow a search down. With more 90,000 books on the topic it’s clear that some think they have knowledge to impart. [Powering out of 2020]( [Powering out of 2020]( Ordinarily, the final issue of the year is dominated by the Printweek Power 100. However, as we all know far too well, 2020 has proven to be anything but an ordinary 12 months, so we thought in light of the events in this extraordinary year we would rest our annual ranking of the industry’s most influential figures. [Product portfolio] [Me & my: Xerox Baltoro]( Nottingham-based direct mail (DM) specialist Eight Days a Week Print Solutions has a long-standing relationship with Xerox. [Star product: Actega Metal Print EcoLeaf]( A low-waste way of achieving high-end metallic effects on print. [Star product: Zaikio Print Connectivity Platform]( Now backed up by Heidelberg’s considerable clout, this connectivity platform is intended to deliver where JDF has failed and enable plug-and-play communication between any print-related device. © MA Business Limited 2021. [Contact Us]( [Advertising]( [Subscribe]( If you wish to unsubscribe from Printweek Daily News emails, please click [here](. To understand how we process, use & safeguard your data, please read our [Privacy Policy](. If you would like to update your marketing contact preferences, then please [click here](.