Companies & suppliers

Digital and wide-format printer and finisher Finishing Touch has boosted production with the purchase of two new Konica Minolta digital presses.

German post-press supplier and manufacturer Hohner has announced that it has produced an upgrade and replacement to the HSB 8.000 saddle-stitcher.

Much-loved print company director and father of two Colin Davies has passed away aged 75.

Kent-based printer Wallace Print is heading for record turnover in its 30th year.

Blanket and ink manufacturer and supplier Druckfarben has appointed industry expert Jon Hutchins as its technical director, as it continues to expand into the offset blanket market.

Xerox is set to reveal two new inline finishing options for its Rialto 900 Inkjet Press at Drupa.

Global manufacturer Avery Dennison has agreed to acquire the European business of graphic and label media manufacturer Mactac, in a deal worth around $200m (£137m).

Vision Paper & Board has extended a range of graphical coated boards to target the greetings card market.

UK print industry manufacturers Xaar and Morgana Systems have reacted to a claim that exiting the EU would be "a wholesale risk to engineering in the UK".

Neville Chamberlain, described as a world-leading authority on offset printing blankets, has died aged 80.