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Sales and margins down at Grafenia but new services see success
Half-year sales and margins are down at Grafenia although there was continued positive news for its trade printing service, Marqetspace, and its new Brambl website creation offering.

Jacrac installs UK's first Samsonn Digital UV flatbed
Jacrac Display has taken delivery of the first Samsonn Digital UV flatbed printer in the UK.

Newspapers embrace augmented reality to support Poppy Appeal
Nine national newspapers have added augmented reality to their mastheads in a fundraising link-up between them, the Royal British Legion and Blippar.

KBA back in the black, ups digital R&D spend
KBA’s latest quarterly results show more effects of its wide-ranging restructuring – the group is back in the black and more than 60% of sales now come from the packaging market.

Overmatter: A song for Drupa
Overmatter’s joy is truly unconfined. There WILL be a song to accompany Drupa 2016.

Killer app: Datum adds fizz for Bollinger’s secret 007 screening
How do you get invited to an exclusive champagne breakfast screening of one of this year’s most hotly anticipated films? You do a top job of printing the invitations of course.

Shuttleworth highlights benefits of EFI acquisition
Shuttleworth Business Systems has called its acquisition by EFI a positive move that will provide its customers with "extended benefits".

Duplo resurrects PFI name to push into new markets
Duplo is reviving a dormant brand to sell complementary products made by partner manufacturers and push into new geographical markets.

CPI looks to grow CPI Colour by 50% with second XL buy
CPI is set to invest in a second Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 and a pre-press upgrade as part of a strategy to grow its commercial printing division.

Benwells upgrades litho setup
High quality stationery specialist Benwells has upgraded its litho print setup with a two-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster 52.

Blake secures Spicers distribution partnership
Envelope supplier Blake Envelopes has secured a "significant" new distribution partnership with office supplies distributor Spicers.

Deanprint boosts efficiency with Aster buy
Printer and bookbinder Deanprint has installed a new Aster Pro52 sewing machine to boost its efficiency and capabilities.

Cogent B2B struck off
Kevin Dunstall’s Cogent B2B business, which he used to acquire St Ives Direct Bradford two years ago, has been compulsorily struck off at Companies House.

EFI acquires Shuttleworth Business Systems
EFI has acquired UK-based MIS developer Shuttleworth Business Systems, for an undisclosed sum.

Bertelsmann to merge print operations
Bertelsmann is to create Europe’s biggest printing group by putting all its print operations under one umbrella.