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HP to be biggest exhibitor at Drupa 2016
HP will overtake Heidelberg as the largest-single exhibitor at Drupa 2016, and a revamp of the exhibition’s floorplan will see the digital print giant take over an entire hall at the show.

Biggest 'Super Thursday' yet gives print a boost
Printers are set to benefit from the biggest ‘Super Thursday’ yet as Christmas book sales are predicted to top £500m.

Baddeley Brothers to publish book documenting family history
Six generations of the Baddeley family will be celebrated in a book published this week by the eponymous specialist printer and envelope maker.

Emap to ditch print as brand is 'retired'
Emap’s 17 titles are ditching their printed editions as the brand itself is retired by parent company Top Right Group.

Pinstripe Print Group in £160,000 Heidelberg investment
Pinstripe Print Group hopes to push its turnover up to the £3m mark after completing a tranche of investment that included two new Heidelberg machines: a Linoprint CV press and a Suprasetter 75...

Limpet Labels buys first PicoColour II
Limpet Labels has become the first customer for Dantex's new PicoColour II UV inkjet label press.

Landa appoints new CEO
Landa has appointed a new chief executive as the firm gears up for the roll-out of its Nanographic digital presses – but founder and former CEO Benny Landa remains firmly on board as “active...

Mixed picture for St Ives print ops
Sales at St Ives’ Strategic Marketing operation have topped £100m as the group reported year-end results under its new structure.

Rafferty steps down at Grafenia
Printing.com founder and Grafenia chief executive Tony Rafferty has stepped down from the business “by mutual consent” at the same time as it announced the sale of its Dutch business and warned on...

Hollywood Monster boosts output with additional Vutek
Growing demand from the construction sector has prompted a wide-format printer to add another EFI Vutek machine to its portfolio.

Vistaprint Cimpress trials Amazon service in US
Vistaprint Cimpress is testing out a DIY business cards service on Amazon.com in the US, but has not revealed whether or not it plans to roll out the scheme in other markets, such as the UK

Prinovis to be a 100% Bertelsmann business
Bertelsmann has taken sole ownership of pan-European gravure printer Prinovis.

Konica Minolta gears up for KM-1 launch
Konica Minolta has announced the anticipated beta installation of the KM-1 B2-plus UV inkjet four-colour sheetfed press in Europe.

Binding Store becomes PaperFox sole UK agent
Binding Store has been appointed as the sole UK agent for the PaperFox finishing machinery range.

Visual Print & Design acquires Go Digital
Visual Print & Design has acquired Go Digital for an undisclosed sum.