Business

MBA targets growth with £5m Ricoh spend
Marcomms and transactional specialist MBA Group has signed for the UK’s first Ricoh Pro VC60000 colour inkjet webs, part of a three-press, circa-£5m strategic spend to target growth in the direct...

J-Teck3 marks JK acquisition
Italian digital ink manufacturer J-Teck3 (1-G50), is presenting at its first Fespa Digital since its parent company, JK Group, was acquired by Dover Engineering Systems (DES), a business segment of...

Polestar to close Bicester web press
Polestar is planning to shut down one of the web presses at its Bicester plant.

MPD Offset boosts digital arm with Xerox iGen5 buy
Commercial printer MPD Offset has improved its productivity and quality after becoming the latest company to invest in a Xerox iGen5.

UK’s businesses weigh up ins and outs of in-out referendum
Like racehorses, chomping at the bit to exit the starting gate, it seemed only a matter of seconds after the date of the long-awaited EU in-out referendum was announced that politicians were racing to...

Alpha mail: print is retaking ground in the marketing mix
A few weeks ago PrintWeek reported on some survey findings with the headline ‘Public sees direct mail in fonder light’.

‘We will continue to grow, but it has to be sustainable’
SMP Group managing director Bradley Slade might not have the diverse CV of some his peers, but in his 23 years at the out-of-home and POS specialist he’s certainly learned a thing or two about the...

Pack sector builds on innovation
Three-quarters of the exhibitors that lined the halls of the 11th Packaging Innovations, which took place at Birmingham’s NEC last month, have already rebooked for next year following another...

It’s back and this time it’s personalised
Print is back, it’s official.

Calculating the costs of kit enlightenment
No one likes reading the manual. Whether it be electronics, toys or furniture, the huge accompanying instruction booklets are usually largely left untouched. And even when instructions are followed,...