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Creative Print continues under John Price Printers director
Creative Print Group has been bought in a pre-pack deal by a new company set up by John Price Printers after it fell into administration last month.
Caldera launches dashboard display to help printers springboard into digital signage
Caldera has launched PrintBoard, a soft signage system designed to provide printers with a dashboard display of their production status.
Kodak moves closer to Chapter 11 exit
Kodak is set to file its long-awaited reorganisation plan next month.
Mimaki launches substrate certification scheme for LX400
Mimaki Europe has launched a media certification programme for its JV400LX printer and latex inks.
Kodak Photo Tex launched in the UK by Colourgen
Colourgen has launched Photo Tex, a Kodak-branded repositionable self-adhesive printable fabric suitable for water-based printers.
Metallic Effects added to Scodix portfolio
Scodix has added a metallic effect to the range of finishes offered by its Sense machines, and also enlarged the format of its biggest machine the S75.
FLS lending drops by a further 2.4bn
Loans from Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) users decreased by 2.4bn during the last quarter of 2012, despite 9.5bn withdrawals being made during the period.
Metsa reneges on price promise
Metsa Board has gone against parent company Metsa Group's pledge to buck the recent trend of raising prices by announcing an intention to increase its uncoated woodfree paper prices in the next few...
Agfa wins patent case over Xingraphics
Agfa Gevaert has prevailed in its patent infringement lawsuit in the Netherlands against Chinese plate manufacturer Chengdu Xingraphics Co.
Truffula Sustainability Guidance launched by former RHG environmental manager
Tim Barker, a former environmental manager of Robert Horne Group (RHG) and sustainability specialist at Paperlinx, has launched his own consultancy.
Print industry news roundup: Enterprise Finance Guarantee, Chesapeake, Rigid Containers, Trinity Mirror, CRP Print & Packaging
Stay up to date with your procurement supply chain thanks to print industry news at your fingertips. This week: Printers received average of 90k each from EFG scheme; Record breaking B1 press arrives...
Zund appoints Spandex as UK reseller
Zund has appointed Spandex as the authorised UK reseller of its S3 and G3 range of wide-format flatbed cutters.
Rigid Containers unveils 6m expansion plan
Rigid Containers, part of the VPK Group, has revealed details of a new production facility set to open in Somerset in April to service its South West customers.
AG/CAD offers display production system with addition of Dyss printers
AG/CAD has moved into wide-format printer sales and will launch the Dyss Apollo Hybrid GH2200 machine at Sign & Digital UK in April alongside a new version of its KaseMake software.
Printers received average of 90k each from EFG scheme
Commercial printers that applied to the Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) scheme have received an average of around 90,000 each in government-backed funding.