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Fresh ideas find favour at Hackathon
An idea aimed at avoiding expensive packaging design bloopers carried off the top prize at last week’s European Graphic Arts Hackathon.

Infigo celebrates first decade in business
Infigo has marked its first 10 years of business and is looking ahead to the next decade with a refreshed brand and new modules.

October headlines carry on where September’s left off
For the second month in a row Konica Minolta’s toner woes topped our most read listicle, with other common themes being more price rises, more M&A activity and the sad demise of another long-standing...

First Colour lives up to its name
As it looks to capitalise on bounce-back growth, on-demand specialist First Colour has secured a UK first with its first significant spend since merging with a London rival last year.

Biltcliffe standing for Mayor in South Yorks
Webmart founder Simon Biltcliffe is standing as a candidate in the upcoming election to become Mayor of South Yorkshire.

K&B highlights customer interest in 'total cost of process'
Koenig & Bauer has filed a big increase in orders in Q3, stating that “customers’ spending reticence is beginning to fade in many areas”.

Humphreys adds R1000 to HP battery
Humphreys Signs has boosted its green credentials and flatbed firepower with a new HP Latex R1000.

JICMail and SMP reveal awards winners
JICMail and the Strategic Mailing Partnership (SMP) have separately revealed the winners of inaugural awards schemes that celebrate the engagement and achievements of mailing companies in different...

Cimpress creates Vista brand family, buys DIY design platform
Cimpress has announced a new over-arching parent brand – Vista – for VistaPrint and its sister businesses, and a fresh acquisition.

Autumn budget: industry reacts
Business leaders and employee representatives have reacted to Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s second budget of 2021.

Heidelberg CEO to step down, successor appointed
Heidelberg CEO Rainer Hundsdörfer is to step down at the end of the financial year, and will be succeeded by another industry outsider – a long-standing Zeiss executive – in April 2022.

Places filling fast at BBD&P Awards
With less than two weeks until the gala dinner for the 2021 British Book Design and Production Awards (BBD&PA), hosted by television and radio broadcaster Penny Smith, the BPIF has said that with only...

Industry associates mourn Martyn Elmy
Friends and former colleagues have paid tribute to Martyn Elmy, who has died aged 65.

Clays adds first Heidelberg to press hall
Clays has installed its first Heidelberg sheetfed press with a highly-specified XL106 model sourced by Exel Printing Machinery.

Brand Consortia re-equips to target growth
Sign and graphics specialist Brand Consortia has installed a SwissQprint Nyala 3 flatbed hybrid as it looks to target growth with new applications and an expansion into indoor graphics and POS...