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Qualvis scoops local business award
Qualvis Print & Packaging has scooped a major prize at the Leicester Mercury Business Awards.

Shirt Monkey relocates in expansion bid
Direct-to-garment (DTG) printer Shirt Monkey has relocated to a new premises to help accommodate continuous growth and kick off a further investment drive.

DIS rounds off bumper EFI spend
Wolverhampton-based wide-format printer Digital Imaging Services (DIS) Group has rounded off a £500,000 spend with the purchase of its second EFI wide-format machine in the past six months.

Change at the top of Fujifilm UK
Fujifilm’s Keith Dalton has moved to a pan-European role, with Chris Broadhurst stepping up to take over the reins in the UK.

Heidelberg to launch three new packaging machines
Heidelberg is to launch three new post-press machines, for die-cutting, hot-foiling and glueing, intended to appeal to the majority of operators in the packaging market.

Wyndeham Bicester cuts 58 roles
Wyndeham Group has completed the consultation at its Bicester site, with 58 redundancies made as a result.

Cliftons invests in foil blocking
Trade finisher Cliftons has brought foil-blocking in-house after investing in a Yawa TDS-750 automatic foil-stamping, die-cutting and embossing machine.

UV lamp supplier acquires rival manufacturer
UV lamp supplier Victory Lighting has taken over rival lamp manufacturer Blue UV to make the UK company one of the largest global manufacturers of UV lamps for the print industry.

Printers embrace chance to test Fuji's Jet Press
Fujifilm’s experimental month-long open house for its B2 inkjet Jet Press 720S is now fully booked up.

Antalis launches The Review 2017
Antalis is calling on printers as well as designers to enter its long-established industry awards event, now in its 26th year, to reflect a welcome resurgence of interest in print.

Record year for UK publishing
2016 was a record-breaking year for the UK publishing industry, according to the latest figures from the Publishers Association.

Paper merchants gear up for election in face of supply squeeze
Paper suppliers are pulling out all the stops to ensure sufficient stocks will be available to meet the spike in demand due to the upcoming general election.

Iliffe Media acquires Kent publisher
Iliffe Media has acquired the entire shareholding of Kent’s independent publisher KM Media Group, for an undisclosed sum.

Inca enters B1 inkjet market
A new B1-format sheetfed inkjet printer from Inca Digital will be previewed at the upcoming Fespa show in Hamburg.

Parish gives up Dragons' Den seat
Bad news for printing industry fans of Dragons’ Den – Steve Parish has decided not to join the TV show.