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Jersey newspaper to become inkjet pioneer
Kodak and Jersey’s Guiton Group have teamed up to set up an inkjet newspaper printing operation that will be the first of its kind worldwide.

DS Smith criticised as company fined £400k after employee death
DS Smith has been fined £400,000 after admitting to safety breaches that led to the death of a senior manager, who was dragged into a pressing machine.

New Print Head Doctors can extend printhead life using smartphone
Canadian company Digital Sign Technologies is in the process of releasing three new upgrades to its Print Head Doctor line of printhead cleaners.

KBA ups factory output after jump in sheetfed orders
KBA is optimistic about its prospects for the full year, although it has a way to go to hit its €1bn (£708m) annual sales target.

St Ives strives to maintain print margins
St Ives has described trading in its large-format print wing as “challenging” ahead of its year-end results, but still expects to post figures that are in line with market expectations.

Overmatter: bin blunder
Overmatter still wakes up in cold sweat sometimes, upon remembering a head-scratching hoo-hah back in the day when attempting to create the artwork for self-cling window decals, which needed to be...

L&S Display helps auction house win its stripes
L&S Display recently produced an eye-catching bespoke graphic application for the outside of auction house Christie’s King Street Gallery buildin in London.

Portucel becomes latest papermaker to push up prices
Portucel Soporcel is to increase the European prices of its uncoated fine papers, sheets and reels, by between 4% and 8%, for the third time this year.

Capita to move print production from Birmingham
Capita Document & Information Services is moving print production operations from Birmingham to Nottinghamshire to better "meet client demand".

Langley confident on prospects
Manroland Sheetfed’s factory is “fully loaded” into next year following a boost in orders during the first half of the year.

Kodak results 'on track', says Clarke
Adverse currency fluctuations hit Q2 sales figures at Kodak, but the firm reported significant growth in sales of key graphics arts products and also reduced its losses.

Papergraphics adds HP Latex 300s to its portfolio
Papergraphics has partnered with HP to sell its Latex 300 series printers in the UK.

Platinum aims to boost turnover with 200k Ricoh/KAS spend
Commercial printer Platinum Print has made a £200,000 investment in new machinery to boost its digital turnover and help it with complex mailing work.

Paragon Group confirms Magnadata acquisition
Paragon Group has confirmed that it has acquired the trade and assets of Magnadata, for an undisclosed sum, saving more than 90 jobs.

Macfarlane Group makes first of its planned 2015 acquisitions
Macfarlane Group is targeting one more acquisition this year after buying Nottinghamshire-based One Packaging in a £2.75m deal.