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Hopkins Printing brings in new Speedmaster XL 106

Columbus, OH based Hopkins Printing has purchased a new Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 five color offset printing press, which will be installed in Q1 of next year.

Hurricane Sandy's impact on commercial printing seen as 'minimal'

Commercial printers along the US East Coast largely escape major damage as Hurricane Sandy triggered high winds, floods and powers outages from Virginia and Carolinas all the way through the...

Heseltine Review receives cautious welcome

The business sector has given a cautious welcome to Lord Heseltine's review into UK economic growth.

UK SMEs rocked as ING Lease drops asset finance

The last major mid-market funder to the print industry, ING Lease, has announced its decision to pull out of UK asset finance from 30 November.

Lenders must find a happy medium to help SMEs grow

I'm sure many of you won't be surprised to read that the majority of SMEs have had their overdraft facilities reduced in the past 12 months.

Lightning Source UK eproofing emails queried

Concerns have been raised over the wording used by a print-on-demand (POD) specialist in its emails to customers advising them about their e-proofing process.

Newsfax won't be the last newspaper printer to go under

The fate of one newsprint giant tells a tale about the sector as a whole, a sector that needs radical restructuring to survive in the modern world

Me & my... CreaseStream Mini

This machine may be small but on shorter runs, when outsourcing would be too time-consuming, it's delivering some impressive results

Star product: Pageflex 8.0

For printers looking to break into or expand their high-margin web-to-print work, the latest version of this package has a lot to offer

Costs scupper the Christmas cracker

The soaring level of investment needed to operate in the short-term seasonal markets means that the sector is now only open to the very biggest of players