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KBA to invest €16m in new demo centre
KBA is set to build a new digital and flexo press demo centre at its main Wurzburg plant in Germany.

Howard Hunt eyes third Fusion Cross after £1.2m investment
Direct mail service provider Howard Hunt has installed the second of two Böwe Systec Fusion Cross high speed inserting systems at its Dartford site and is considering a third.

Evonprint enters administration
West Sussex-based print and design specialist Evonprint (Evon Print Ltd) has fallen into administration, blaming a recent deterioration in trading conditions.

KBA-NotaSys settles bribery case
Banknote press manufacturer KBA-NotaSys has been fined one symbolic Swiss franc following a corruption scandal, but will also pay a multimillion euro settlement.

Deanprint concludes six-year upgrade programme with new cutters
Deanprint, the 125-year-old Stockport printer and bookbinder, has added two more Baumann-Wohlenberg 115 high-speed cutters to the pair it installed two years ago.

Quasquicentennial for Winter & Co
Swiss substrate manufacturer Winter & Company will celebrate its 125th anniversary next month.

Flint Group raises ink prices amid rising raw material costs
Flint Group has announced price increases of between 4% and 7% for all its packaging, narrow web and sheetfed inks and varnishes.

Wartime escape map-printer book to launch
The story of a man who printed escape maps during the Second World War after using shower tiles to construct a lithographic press is to be published in book form.

RMC kicks off £1m investment programme with Durst buy
Trade printer RMC Digital Print has kickstarted a £1m investment programme with the installation of a 2.5m-wide Durst Rho P10 250HS inkjet printer.

P&P goes digital with Ricoh spend
Mail and fulfilment house P&P Mailing and Distribution has invested in its first colour digital machine, with an investment of just shy of £400,000.

Onlineprinters snaps up Solopress
Southend-based online commercial printer Solopress has been bought by German online trade and B2B print firm, Onlineprinters.

Secprint gains an edge with new Grafcut
Secprint has invested in a Grafcut 52H fully hydraulic guillotine to support its delivery of high quality digital security print.

Canon launches entry-level imagePress with multiple finishing options
Canon has added a new model to its imagePress range of digital printers.

Aurora won over by Ricoh Pro C9100
Aurora Digital Print has invested around £100,000 in a Ricoh Pro C9100 digital press to replace an eight-year-old HP Indigo.

Former print director breaches bankruptcy terms
A former sales director of a Lincolnshire print company has been banned from promoting, forming or managing a company for 10 years after breaching the terms of his bankruptcy.