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Komori UK has appointed John Harrison as its first-ever head of digital and finishing sales in a bid to increase its prominence in the digital printing market.

Oxfordshire commercial printer KMS Litho has brought lamination in-house after investing in a B2+ Foliant Mercury 530SF laminator with Foliant’s multi-functional Inprinting Unit.

Canon has added an automated duplex feeder for banner sheets to its imagePress C850 cut-sheet toner press in order to “fully unlock its commercial potential”.

CMYUK has confirmed a deal to become the sole UK and Ireland distributor of EFI’s family of Vutek FabriVu dye-sublimation printers, marking its first venture into dye-sub technology.

Kodak has released its full-year and Q4 2017 earnings, posting $94m in net earnings for the year, but with revenue down 7% to $1.5bn (£1.1bn), from $1.64bn in 2016.

Japanese post-press equipment manufacturer Duplo Corporation has bought Duplo International, parent of Duplo UK and Duplo France and master distributor for the Europe, Middle East, Africa & Russia...

EFI has unveiled two new Fiery digital front-ends (DFEs) to drive Ricoh Pro C7200X Series production printers.

BCQ Group has bought Kidlington-based printer Hunts, taking on all of its staff and clients in a bid to expand the reach of both brands.

Henry Stone has gone into administration just four months after the collapse of its ill-fated venture into web offset at Stones Ashford, and will be wound down immediately.

Konica Minolta Marketing Services has restructured its senior management to integrate the teams from acquisitions Charterhouse PM, Indicia and Ergo.