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Flint Group Flexographic Products has launched a new water-washable film-based letterpress plate.

Durst has launched a new series of multi-pass textile printers, aimed at the digital production of home textiles and fashion.

Print professionals have welcomed the Chancellor’s Apprenticeship Levy – so long as it delivers as promised.

Production has been stopped at a Swedish paper mill, following a fire last week.

Exhibition stand design and build company Envisage has boosted its in-house production capabilities after investing in a range of new wide-format machinery.

Window film and commercial graphics company Lustalux hopes to double its turnover by moving into new large-format sectors after a recent expansion.

Packaging manufacturer Glossop Cartons has almost doubled the size of its business by acquiring Stockport-based Contact Print and Packaging for an undisclosed sum.

George Osborne plans to raise £3bn per year from the Apprenticeship Levy and has fixed the level at 0.5% of an employer's pay bill.

This edition of PrintWeek has inadvertently become another apprentice issue; and I don’t mean the ‘you’re fired’ kind before you wonder.

It’s probably safe to assume that $790m (£515m)-turnover US company EFI has been after another UK MIS scalp for some time. Since acquiring compatriot Printcafe in 2003, itself a keen consolidator in...