Business

Print businesses rallied to take advantage of R&D tax credits
Research and development (R&D) tax credit specialist Jumpstart is urging UK print businesses to take greater advantage of financial incentives available to firms that are developing new printing...
Print industry news roundup: SMEs, Macfarlane, Potts Print, Agfa, Kodak, APG, Durst
Stay up to date with your procurement supply chain thanks to print industry news at your fingertips. This week: UK SMEs target growth for 2013; Macfarlane Group posts 65% profit increase; Potts Print...

Press On Digital bolsters finishing capabilities with Kongsberg i XP24
Press on Digital Imaging (PODI) has invested 190,000 in a Kongsberg i XP24 digital cutting table.

Macfarlane Group posts 65% profit increase but turnover flat
The UK packaging group posted pre-tax profits of 1.5m in the six months to June 2012 compared to the same time last year but turnover was level at 68m.

Arjowiggins Graphic launches 'first' 100% recycled label stock for packaging paper market
Arjowiggins Graphic (AG) claims its new product is the first ever 100% recycled label stock for the packaging paper market.

Killer App: Adverset Media helps armed support
Adverset Media Solutions, produced over 1,500 printed promotional items for Armed Forces support scheme, Heroes Welcome, with the aim of distributing them to towns and cities in the UK that support...

Chesapeake continues investment programme with Nuova Gidue label press
Packaging manufacturer Chesapeake has invested in a new Nuova Gidue M5 digital 3.0 flexo label press, which is to be installed at its Bourne facility.

Cewe Colour bolsters digital firepower with HP Indigo investments
Photobook business Cewe Color has installed two new HP Indigo presses, a web-fed W7250 and a 7600 to bolster its digital print offer.

Kodak losses continue to mount in latest monthly report
Kodak's US operations made a net loss of $78.7m (49.7m) on revenues of $162.5m in July taking its combined losses since the start of the year to $745m on sales of $1.1bn.

Cross Media to explore creativity in multi-channel campaigns
Developing successful multi-channel creative strategies will be one of the themes explored at next week's Cross Media 2012 tradeshow.