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Ricoh in digital press accreditation first

Ricoh has become the first digital press manufacturer to be issued with a UKAS accredited ISO 12647 certification.

Immediate Media paper guru retires

Immediate Media paper manager Steve Wehrle has retired after more than 50 years of service.

Canon Room to Read books reach African schoolchildren

The first books printed by Canon as part of the Room to Read literacy programme have reached schoolchildren in South Africa.

New role for Catherine Burke

Former Banner Managed Communication chief executive Catherine Burke has joined Linney Group in a senior role.

Trinity in talks to buy Northern & Shell titles

Trinity Mirror is in talks Northern & Shell with a view to buying a number of the company's national newspaper titles.

Equipment catches fire at Wyndeham Bicester

A piece of machinery caught fire at Wyndeham Bicester last night (9 January), according to local news reports.

Killer app: Smith & Watts presents a perfect face for Exhibit A

Artists Hugh Tisdale and Dan Murrell have not held back on their latest exhibition, Exhibit A, a show of life-sized hand-drawn masks of famous figures ranging from George Orwell to Tintin. To...

Overmatter: sharp cards

Here at PrintWeek Towers we are, of course, very appreciative of the Christmas cards we receive from our wonderful industry chums.

GF goes global with favourite colour project

Paper merchant GF Smith has launched a project to find the world’s favourite colour and is inviting everyone on the planet to select their favourite shade online.

Mimaki has wider appeal for NI printer

Sign and wide-format digital specialist Signscript has invested in a Mimaki UJV55-320 LED UV roll-fed printer.

Tradeprint and Exaprint team up

Cimpress has united the teams at its Tradeprint and Exaprint businesses in the UK.

Flyeralarm changes UK structure and appoints first UK MD

Online commercial print specialist Flyeralarm has appointed a former Albumprinter UK manager Keith Hanson as its UK managing director.

Elle aiming for £10m turnover with Push to Stop investment

Commercial printer Elle Media Group has invested £2m in a ‘Push to Stop’ five-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 with coater, in a bid to cross the £10m-turnover mark.

Deltor invests in Ricoh and Komfi kit

Deltor Communications has invested in a Ricoh Pro C9100 and a Komfi Sagitta 76 thermal laminating machine.

TwentySix01 opts for Summa

Commercial and POS printer TwentySix01 has become the first UK company to install a 2.6m-wide Summa F2630 flatbed cutter.