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Working your workflow the easy way
Innovative printers share how straightforward workflow automation benefited their businesses and can do the same for yours with six simple steps.

Input costs force SunChem to raise prices
Sun Chemical will increase prices across a wide range of products in EMEA from next month, citing raw material shortages and “dramatically increased” freight costs.

Digital ID launches card printer bundle to meet Covid demand
ID card specialist Digital ID has launched a new eco-friendly card printer bundle aimed at streamlining the process of ID card printing for organisations that need a quick turnaround due to the...

Walstead diversifies with short-grain web
Walstead Group is investing in a short-grain web press for its Spanish gravure facility as part of a strategic plan to diversify the site’s offering.

Resolute unveils entry-level DTG system
Resolute DTG has launched a “no frills”, single-pass, direct-to-garment printer that offers 50% of the running costs of rivals and a sub £11k entry point.

Agfa invests in new UK showroom
Agfa is setting up a new UK showroom in the midlands that will house equipment from its Inkjet Solutions and Radiology businesses.

Arrow Film readying switch to innovative water-based process
Flexible packaging printer Arrow Film Converters has revealed that it had not applied for an Environmental Permit from its local council and invested in the associated equipment because it had been...

Veteran investor buys Barnard & Westwood
Historic printer Barnard & Westwood is beginning its centenary year under fresh ownership after veteran retail entrepreneur Maurice Bennett CBE acquired the business.

Fretwell ups productivity with Push To Stop Speedmaster buy
Fretwell Print & Direct Mail has seen a boost in productivity after investing in a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75 5-L with AutoPlate Pro, Inpress Control and the new integrated Prinect product suite.

Zeus rounds off €40m spend
Acquisitive Irish packaging group Zeus Packaging has expanded its European footprint with its largest deal to date as it completes a €40m (£35m), three-year strategic shopping spree to fuel growth.