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Stork Prints has launched the worlds first direct laser engraver that can produce sleeves for flexo, letterpress and rotary screen printing.

Flat 2D pictures will soon be easy to convert into lenticular 3D images following the launch of a software package from HumanEyes 3D (pictured) at last weeks Print 05 in Chicago.

Heidelbergs Brentford headquarters is being revamped to show its full range of Prinect products.

Sterling Print & Design is to move to new 6,000sqm premises in Kettering as part of a 4m investment.

Packaging firm Boxstar has gone into administration with no immediate redundancies.

Communisis says it is committed to building a world-class statementing facility over the next 18 months.

XMPie has brought another image personalisation product to the market with the launch of uImage.

Acquisitive regional publisher Johnston Press has added three more print sites to its growing group after spending almost 160m to buy two Irish newspaper groups.

Paragon is tipped to be the favourite to acquire the UK direct mail and fulfilment operations of Vertis.

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has launched a single source print procurement service for its members, which make up 80% of UK retailers.

Sainsburys new 10m marketing campaign Try something new today has produced a boost for printers.

B&P Lightbrigade will be selling a version of Agfas Anapurna UV-cured flatbed and rollfed wide-format printer, as the flagship product in its new Uniform Pro range.

Manchester based Kelvin Graphics has acquired digital print company Direct Imaging of Cheadle and gained a six-colour Indigo press.

The number of UK printers using presses with inline sheeters looks set to grow over the next 12 months, but there remains an argument for offline versions.

US scientists have made a massive step towards printing live organs, with the successful production of a tiny section of a chickens heart that beats by itself.