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IPIA: write to your MP to highlight print's plight
The IPIA is urging its members – and the wider industry – to write to their MP to highlight the need for print-specific government support.
Stationers opens 2021 Warrants scheme
The Stationers’ Company has opened applications for its 2021 Warrant scheme, which is intended to recognise the hard work, research and quality companies put into their products and services.
Kyocera makes key hire
Kyocera has made a key hire as it beefs up its presence in the production printing market, with the appointment of ex-Heidelberg digital printing lead Chris Matthews.
De La Rue confirms Harding as CFO
De La Rue has made its interim chief financial officer a permanent appointment.
Portals rebuilds PM1 to meet future demand
Portals has completed a £20m-plus revamp that includes a major rebuild of its PM1 paper machine.
EFI cancels Drupa presence
EFI has become the latest major exhibitor to withdraw from Drupa 2021, citing the ongoing uncertainty over the impact of the coronavirus impact on large scale events.
Agfa, Heidelberg and others ready virtual events
UPDATED: October is shaping up to be a busy month with a raft of new virtual events and webinars taking place to fill the gap left by physical expos at present.
Wallace Print boosts kit and team
Wallace Print has beefed up capacity with a new Agfa Anapurna inkjet printer, with the business cementing its family roots with a new recruit.
Wide-format manufacturers launch 0% loan schemes
Agfa UK and HP have both independently launched in-house 0% finance packages to support the sign and display market.
Reach to review print ops
News group Reach has posted half-year results that are ahead of market expectations, but is to review its printing capacity due to uncertainty over contract printing renewals.
Webmart features in Forbes
Webmart has found itself cited alongside global brands such as Nike, Starbucks and Zoom in a Forbes piece about companies “putting people above profits” during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Newman steps up at Hybrid
Mimaki’s UK & Ireland distributor Hybrid Services has promoted Brett Newman to managing director to drive the business through its next level of growth.
Koenig & Bauer details future profitability plan
Koenig & Bauer is to shed up to 900 positions as part of cost saving and realignment moves to “safeguard the future” of the venerable industry supplier.
Henry Ling eyes digital growth
Book and journal specialist Henry Ling has installed the UK’s first Canon ProStream 1000 high-speed inkjet in a £1.5m spend targeted at driving digital growth across its trade book business.
Industry firms make Top Track 250
Paddy Crean’s Paragon Group has narrowly missed out on the top spot in the latest ‘Top Track 250’ report published in the Sunday Times.