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Wide-format specialist Showcard Print is looking to double its mounting capacity after installing a second litho laminator.

Prinovis UK is adding web offset to its production facilities with the purchase of the 16pp Goss M600A hybrid web offset press from the shuttered G&H site.

Reach Printing Services has signed a contract to print a number of the Metro titles being published directly by DMG Media.

Agfa has declined to engage in discussions with privately held healthcare IT and biomedical informatics company Kanteron Systems, from which it received a potential takeover bid earlier this week.

Positive Images UK has turned 25 and has attributed its success to diversifying at the right times and always striving for perfection.

Watkiss Automation has been acquired by rival manufacturer Plockmatic Group, which also owns Morgana.

Mailing house TMB International turned 30 last week and has attributed its lasting success to “being reliable and putting the customer first”.

Flexible packaging firm Parkside hopes to open up business opportunities in reclosable packs after spending around £1.5m on new laser equipment.

St Austell Printing Company has reached a “major milestone” in its sustainability plans with the installation of an extensive array of solar panels at its premises.

The Sign Shed has made savings of 75% in labour time after installing a Roland DG VersaUV S-Series flatbed printer to speed up signmaking and free up its other kit.

Xerox has recruited a former government technology director to be its new chief commercial officer.

The editor of the i newspaper has blamed the rising cost of newsprint for an increase in cover price of the title’s weekend edition to £1 from this week.

MP Foil Blocking, the trade foil blocking arm of Marstan Press, has bolstered its capabilities after investing around £200,000 in a new Lee King B1 machine.

The BPIF has announced a record number of shortlisted entrants for the British Book Design & Production Awards (BBD&PAs) 2018.

Four Create Print has installed an HP Indigo 7900 as the first machine in its new in-house small-format wing.