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Shirt Monkey returns to Kornit for cheeky second
Direct-to-garment (DTG) printer Shirt Monkey has installed a second Kornit Avalanche 1000 to account for month-on-month continuous growth.

Print advertising standing up to “challenging backdrop”
Latest data for UK advertising shows digital, online and mobile formats have driven record first-half spending, while traditional print remains steady despite decline.

Print innovators complete 'HaRFest' project
A consortium of print manufacturers and technology companies, led by the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), has completed an 18-month project to develop and scale up a print energy-harvesting device...

Acquisitive Apogee makes third purchase in 2016
Apogee Corporation has acquired Glasgow-based office systems provider Direct Business Systems (DBS), its third purchase this year.

Man Booker winner hot on the presses
St Ives Clays is already reprinting the Man Booker prize winning book, which for the second year running has been published by independent publisher Oneworld Publications.

Farley proofing press sells for more than £4k
An old Farley letterpress proofing press has fetched an astonishing price of more than £4,000 after a bidding war between two buyers on eBay.

Atlas Packaging spends over £1.75m on new corrugated kit
Corrugated packaging specialist Atlas Packaging has invested more than £1.75m in a bespoke flexo press to improve and enhance its packaging process.

Sun Chemical eyes new markets with latest acquisition
Sun Chemical has hit the M&A trail again with the purchase of South Wales-based Gwent Electronic Materials (GEM), its first move into the printed electronics ink sector.

Europoint boosts portfolio with Signature
Wide-format substrate supplier Europoint has become an official distributor of Signature acrylic glass products from manufacturer Altuglas.

Johnsons Printers upgrades finishing setup
Johnsons Printers has upgraded its finishing facilities with the purchase and installation of a Duplo DC-745 multi-finisher and a Multi-functional Inprinting unit for its Foliant Taurus laminator.

CPI issues industry recommendations to chancellor
The Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) has outlined the challenges facing the paper industry and made a number of recommendations to the chancellor in the run-up to his forthcoming Autumn...

Premier to hold third tree-planting action day in Hertfordshire
The Premier Paper Group is to host its third annual tree-planting action day at Heartwood Forest, Hertfordshire.

Writtle results boosted by Creo sale
Writtle’s interim results have been boosted by the sale of Creo Retail Marketing, and the group now has more than £6m in cash to aid its expansion plans.

Overmatter: Blue Lew
Lewis Hamilton may well have been feeling a little bit blue after his recent results on the F1 race track, so it’s good to see him having a bit of fun – as well as being quite literally painted blue –...

Killer app: Leycol focuses attention on a most goodly book
To print or not to print? That was the question posed to east London-based Leycol Printers when it was approached by luxury eyewear designer Cutler and Gross.