Equipment suppliers

Alderson creditors owed over 5m following collapse
Unsecured creditors of the five operating companies of Alderson Print Group (APG) were owed a combined 5.1m at the time of their administration, according to the creditors report.

Perfect Colours signs Durst Omega sole UK distribution deal
Perfect Colours has signed an exclusive UK distribution deal with Durst for its Omega entry-level, wide-format UV inkjet printers.

John E Wright boosts 'project book' capacity with binding spend
John E Wright has returned to Ashgate Automation for the Fastbind Elite XT perfect binder and a Casematic H46 Pro casemaker after finding its niche in creative binding.
Epson and DPS team up for DPS Select 2012 open house
Epson and large format reseller Digital Photo Solutions will team up to show a range of Epson large-format printers, including the first UK showing of the SureColor T-series, at an open day next week.

Chaggars Displays invests in Mutoh ValueJet 1304
Southall-based printing, framing and sign specialist Chaggars Displays has invested in a Mutoh ValueJet 1304 from Colourgen reseller, Design Supply.

Morgana to hold Scottish open house this week
Morgana Systems will show a range of digital finishing products, including its DigiFold Pro creasing and folding machine, at an open house at its Scottish showroom this week.

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.

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

Spanish envelope cartel fined EUR 3.7m for price fixing
Six Spanish envelope exporters have been fined a total of 3.7m for collaborating to fix prices.