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Conventional wisdom has it that digital printing is best suited to short-run applications with very limited opportunities in packaging, which is mainly a business of very long runs.

The Colorado is the first printer to use Canon Océ’s new UVgel ink.

Investing in a new press can often put the cat among the pigeons in a printer’s finishing department. With significant additional printing capacity often available after such a purchase, there is...

Trade finisher Leeds Die Cutting has ramped up its wire-binding capabilities with a third Renz system.

Wide-format printer Super-Wide has rounded off a six-month investment programme with the installation of the UK’s second 5m-wide EFI Vutek 5r printer.

Global packaging giant Essentra has launched its first UK-wide National Apprenticeship Programme, which will see it take on 20 apprentices over the next year.

Grafenia has reported strong print sales in March in a trading update ahead of its year-end, although it described business as “mixed”.

Xaar has officially opened its new 3D centre in Nottingham, part of its plan to develop high-volume 3D printing technology.

Adare SEC (Secure Essential Communications) looks set to relocate its production operation in Guildford to the Nottingham site it acquired last year, putting at least 35 jobs at risk.

The Home Office has issued a tender for the design and production of the new British passports, worth £490m, with expiry of the current contract due in 2019.