Disciplines

Telegraph owner-in-waiting moves to assure doubters
The American former media executive helming the controversial Abu Dhabi-backed bid for the Telegraph and Spectator titles has described RedBird IMI as being “a little bit smarter than some of our...

Fiery adds Vivid to partner list
Vivid Laminating Technologies has become the latest manufacturer to partner with print software developer Fiery, bringing Fiery’s digital front-end (DFE) and workflow management software to Vivid’s...

Kern and Vortex plan sales push
Executives from Kern and its new partner Vortex Systems met up in Nottingham at the end of last year to discuss their plans for future sales and support in the UK.

Venn Holdings hits the buffers
The Venn Holdings buy-and-build dream is in tatters after print wing JDP was shuttered after Christmas, with liquidators expected to be appointed imminently.

Heinzel completes Steyrermühl mill purchase
Heinzel Group has completed the acquisition of the Steyrermühl paper mill in Upper Austria from UPM, marking the end of a sale first signed in 2022.

Xerox to cut workforce by 15%
Xerox has revealed a new operating model and organisational structure “to further the company’s reinvention” and is looking to reduce its workforce by 15%.

Hybrid to debut new Mimakis at Sign & Digital
Hybrid Services will display three new Mimaki printers for the first time at February’s Sign & Digital UK event in Birmingham.

DecTek returns to IGS for ninth Titanium cutter
DecTek has taken on a new Titanium 330-R reel to reel digital label cutter from International Graphic Supplies (IGS) – the ninth cutter from the Titanium range it has purchased.

XBM buys new head office with £1.8m NatWest loan
XBM has used a £1.8m loan from NatWest to buy a new head office and warehouse – doubling the size of its current Leeds headquarters and creating over 45 new jobs.

Jason Middleton retires 18 months after Denmaur sale
Jason Middleton has retired from Denmaur Independent Papers, a year and a half after the sale of Middleton Paper Company’s Fine Paper and Conversion division to Denmaur.