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Kaps Finishing invests £100,000 in kit update
Trade finisher Kaps Finishing has invested in three new Robatech and Stahl machines to enable it to boost its in-house service offerings.

Manroland Sheetfed cuts production hours on dip in China orders
Manroland Sheetfed has imposed short-time working on approximately 800 staff at its manufacturing facility in Offenbach, according to German media reports.

Healeys invests £350k in digital following strong growth
Healeys Print Group has invested £350,000 in a complete refurbishment of its digital print department on the back of 40% digital revenue growth in the past 13 months.

Rocket growth drives people and kit spend
Exhibition and event project management specialist Rocket plans to further expand its salesforce this year to aid expansion following a 17% turnover growth in 2014.

Greenhouse Graphics goes greener with 'game-changing' press
Commercial printer Greenhouse Graphics has invested around £500,000 in a Komori Lithrone S429 with H-UV curing to benefit from its production efficiencies and environmental credentials.

Business minister claims deregulation drive has 'saved business £10bn'
The government's drive to cut business regulation via its 'One-in, Two-out' rule has saved companies £10bn over the past four years, according to business minister Matthew Hancock.

Charterhouse PM acquires customer engagement agency Indicia
Charterhouse PM has acquired the £10m-turnover Bristol-based customer engagement agency Indicia for an undisclosed amount.

Herts & Essex installs second B3 Anicolor
Herts & Essex Printers has installed an 18-month-old five-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster SX 52 with coater as part of an £800,000 plant upgrade.

Ultrachem to bring Actega Colorchemie water based inks to UK market
Independent manufacturer and supplier of coatings and pressroom consumables Ultrachem has partnered with water-based flexo ink manufacturer Actega and will now stock and distribute its water-based...

BPIF expands legal service after law changes
The BPIF has become the first trade association to operate its own law firm, following a raft of recent legal changes that have allowed the move to happen.

Vision Paper & Board adds Double A Premium to range
Paper merchant and converter Vision Paper & Board, part of the Middleton Paper Group, has added Double A Premium to its range of business papers.

Agfa expands wide-format range with OEM cutting table
Agfa Graphics has launched its first wide-format cutting table, the Acorta, following an OEM deal with Italian manufacturer Elitron.

Billingham Press brings perfect binding in-house with Morgana investment
Family-run commercial printer Billingham Press has installed a Morgana DigiBook 200 PUR perfect binding machine to enable it to bring perfect binding in-house.

Charlie Hebdo print run upped to 3m, printer under wraps
A French printing industry expert has told PrintWeek that the country’s security services have asked for the identity of the printer of this week’s Charlie Hebdo “survivors’ issue” be kept under wraps...

Hartgraph invests £2m in new building and Speedmaster XL 75
Commercial printer Hartgraph has invested around £2m in a new five-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75 with coater and newly purchased premises, which it moved to over the Christmas period.