Business

Staff escape injury after Goss press fire at Polestar Petty
Firefighters were called out to a fire at Polestar Petty in Leeds on Wednesday (1 February) after a problem with a Goss Sunday M4000 press.

UK investor buys entire Manroland sheetfed arm
Langley Holdings, a 500m (415m) turnover engineering group based in Retford, Nottinghamshire, signed a deal late yesterday to buy Manroland's Offenbach production facility as well as more than 40...

Specle Studio allows remote automation of ad workflow
Specle, famed for its eponymous online ad spec database, has continued to evolve its service offering with the launch of Specle Studio, a cloud-based tool to enable greater automation of advertising...

Ennis acquires Cenveo's PrintXcel and Printegra document businesses
Looking to solidify its major role in the North American business documents segment, Midlothian, TX-based Ennis has agreed to acquire the PrintXcel and Printegra brands and facilities from Cenveo for...

Delphax to unveil new Elan digital color print series at Drupa
In what it promises will be a game changer in the global high-speed digital color printing market, Minneapolis-based Delphax Technologies said it will unveil its new Elan print systems at May's Drupa...
Quad/Graphics acquires Dallas-based Williamson Printing
In a bid to exploit the lucrative Dallas market for corporate printing, Quad/Graphics announced the acquisition of Williamson Printing, a 128-year-old company with facilities that specialize in short-...

Digital Ad Lab to discuss future of printed mags at Digital London
The future of print-based publishing will be on the agenda at the next meeting of the Digital Ad Lab (DAL), which will take place during the Digital London exhibition at Excel next month.

Xaar dismisses Chinese 'strike' claim
Xaar has dismissed claims made by the former staff of its Chinese subsidiary that they had not resigned, as per Xaar's public statement last week, but were instead "on strike".

Bridgeshire Packaging installs world's first HP FB7600 flatbed
Bridgeshire Packaging has undertaken a digital print expansion programme that includes the world's first HP Scitex FB7600 flatbed printer.

Stralfors to shed 30 staff at Dartford as MD Carter departs
Stralfors is to cut up to 30 staff at its Dartford operation after announcing plans to migrate away from "commoditised print and direct mail" to added-value digital print.