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Driftgate Press doubles finishing capacity with Horizon buys
Driftgate Press has doubled the capacity of its finishing department by investing around 100,000 in a Horizon StitchLiner and Horizon AFC566 folder, which it bought via UK distributor GAE.
Orbital awarded three-year Ordnance Survey contract
Ordnance Survey has awarded a three-year contract to data and print services group Orbital Response & Fulfilment, which includes the provision of a personalised print-on-demand map service to...
148 jobs on the line as Reed calls in administrators
Reed Print & Design has gone into administration with the potential loss of the company's 148 jobs.
Recession fears grow as economy hits standstill
Fears of a recession are growing as official statistics showed that the economy did not grow in the last quarter ending a run of 63 quarters of consecutive growth.
Plea to printers as sector languishes at bottom of Proskills funding league
Unite has called for greater employer participation from the print industry after revealing that the print sector within Proskills comes out second from bottom for funding despite being the council's...
Second price hike in under six weeks for Sun Chemical inks
Sun Chemical has announced that it will increase its ink prices by up to 20%, striking another blow to printers who are already struggling to cope with price rises in energy and paper costs and coming...
Domino makes fourth acquisition in a year with APS buy
Inkjet technology manufacturer Domino Printing Sciences has "added another string to its bow" after completing the15.2m euro (12.1m) acquisition of thermal inkjet manufacturer Alternative Printing...
iQ Laserpress eyes 2.5m turnover following Xerox purchase
Digital printer iQ Laserpress is aiming to grow its turnover to the 2.5m mark after investing in a Xerox iGen3 110 production press.
Manor Creative switches to processless plate in environmental push
Manor Creative has switched to Fujifilm's processless Brillia HD PRO-T plate in a bid to cut chemistry costs by 5,000 per year and significantly reduce its water usage.
Roland DG rolls out VersaWorks 2.7 free to customers
Roland DG Corporation has launched version 2.7 of its VersaWorks RIP and colour management software, which is available free for download to Roland customers.
Hiflex MIS awarded JDF accreditation
Hiflex's management information system (MIS) has been JDF-certified by the CIP4 and Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (PIA/GATF).
Enfocus to hold free pre-media advice seminars
Crossroads - an initiative set up by Enfocus to promote automated and efficient best-in-class bespoke pre-media workflows - is launching a series of free-to-attend seminars in the UK.
Rebellious town will print its own money to support the local economy
Lewes, the East Sussex market town renowned for its radicalism, is to start printing its own money in a bid to support local businesses and stem the flow of wealth leaving the area.
Pageflex teams up with EPMS to streamline workflow offering
Pageflex, a web-to-print division of US company Bitstream, has partnered with Massachusetts-based Enterprise Print Management Solutions (EPMS) to integrate its Storefront and Enterprise Print...
Ex-Graphoprint staff given jobs at The Website (Leeds)
A number of senior former Graphoprint staff have been taken on at The Website (Leeds), just over a year after the North Wales-based web offset printer went into administration.