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Quarmby Colour hopes for turnover boost with EFI investment
Large-format print company Quarmby Colour hopes to increase turnover by 50% after this week installing an EFI Vutek GS3250LX with UltraDrop printheads.

Whistl poised for MBO
The main conditions of a management buyout (MBO) of Whistl have been provisionally agreed between its managers and owner PostNL, following an review of PostNL's UK activities

Growth continues at Communisis
Growth has continued at Communisis as it announces a 3% sales rise and two significant contract extensions in its half-year results today.

Ruddocks makes £250k digital and finishing investment
A 250% growth in digital print work over four years has prompted a Lincoln company to buy four new machines.

Delta Print & Packaging banks on Speedmaster boost
Delta Print & Packaging hopes its latest kit purchase will help add around £15m to its turnover by pushing the company into new markets.

Berforts £1.2m investment will 'ensure top quality'
Berforts Information Press has invested in a Konica Minolta bizhub Press C1100 as part of a £1.2m investment.

Active Brand Concepts brings short runs in-house with Afinia buy
Brand development company Active Brand Concepts has become the first UK business to purchase an Afinia Label DLP-2000 digital label press.

Service Graphics digs deep for 'state-of-the-art' Dursts
Service Graphics has boosted production by investing in three Durst Rho P10 wide-format printers for its sites in Chessington and Glasgow.

St Clements Press sold with FT to Japanese company
The Financial Times-owned printer St Clements Press has been sold alongside the newspaper, the FT has confirmed.

BIS begins consultation on late payment support
Ministers have started to search for a small business commissioner who will name and shame bad companies and chase down late payments, worth nearly £27bn, as part of a wider consultation on support...

Killer app: Service Graphics cast for giant TV Centre production
Service Graphics produced a 1,500sqm car park wrap to advertise a forthcoming £400m mixed-use development at the former BBC Television Centre, part of a 14-month project.

Overmatter: funny money
Overmatter knows that counterfeiting is a very serious issue, and generally no laughing matter.

Printdesigns hopes second Zünd will help sew up fabric display market
Printdesigns is meeting increasing demand for portable fabric-based display stands by ordering a second Zünd G3 digital cutter.

Ronset upgrades bindery with Morgana investment
Large-format and digital print specialist Ronset has bought a Morgana BM2000S bookletmaker with AC510 collator and FTR2000 trimmer to boost its efficiency.

GI Solutions launches manila digital envelope mailpack
GI Solutions has launched a digitally printed manila envelope mailpack following Royal Mail’s decision to accept mail that uses brown cardboard and paper as 'sustainable advertising mail'.