Contact Originators secures three Stationers’ Company Warrants for a second year

Contact Originators has successfully renewed its three Stationers’ Company Warrants, originally awarded in 2025, for its technologies MagnaForma™, PrintHQ and Optimus™. The Warrants, which recognise excellence across the communications and content industries, were confirmed on 9 March 2026 at the Stationers’ Company Warrant Awards, held at Stationers’ Hall in London.

This achievement for a second consecutive year reflects the ongoing performance and relevance of the company’s three innovative technologies within the print and packaging industry.

Steve Mulcahy, CEO of Contact Originators, commented, “The Stationers’ Warrants are a recognised mark of excellence, reflecting the high standards that set our team and technologies apart within the print and packaging industry. We are proud to join a distinguished group of renewing Warrant holders, demonstrating our focus on delivering consistent quality and performance for our customers.”

MagnaForma™ remains a significant development in corrugated printing. As a 2.8m wide mounted multi-piece photopolymer flexographic plate, it enables printers to make full use of press width. This increases print yield while maintaining precise dimensional accuracy across the plate.

Developed with industry partner AV Flexologic, PrintHQ continues to provide enhanced control and traceability in plate mounting. By using integrated inkjet technology to print job information and QR codes directly onto plate shims, it reduces manual handling and supports a more consistent workflow from prepress through to print.

Optimus™ focuses on improving ink transfer and efficiency. A patent-pending flexographic printing plate technology, Optimus™ reduces ink usage while maintaining print performance, offering cost and environmental benefits for corrugated printers.

The MagnaForma™, PrintHQ and Optimus™ Warrants underline Contact Originators’ commitment to delivering quality, service and innovation in the most sustainable way across the print and packaging supply chain.

Established in 1992 in Bredbury, Stockport, Contact Originators has more than 30 years’ experience in prepress for the print and packaging sectors. Today, the company employs over 70 people and operates from a production facility in Dukinfield, Manchester. It is the UK’s largest independent prepress provider serving the corrugated, flexible packaging and labels markets.

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Notes to editors

Contact Originators is a privately owned company established in 1992. In April 2021, the company relocated to a new super site in Dukinfield, Greater Manchester, UK. Contact Originators is renowned for its innovative approach to packaging origination, graphics management and flexographic plate production. With over 50 employees, the company operates across the UK and Europe, in partnership with a number of leading plate manufacturers. The company is rightly proud of its achievements being the first flexo platemaking company in the UK to have gained HD accreditation in the corrugated industry, and the first platemaking company worldwide to be accredited to the XSYS Flexo Expert program. The Contact Originators team believes in driving print & brand experience through print innovation.

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