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Rapidity takes on Tapestry print wing
Rapidity has bought the print arm of London-based media production agency Tapestry to move into the high-end photographic display market.

QPS relocates to larger premises
Stoke-on-Trent-based digital and screen printer Quality Print Service has invested around £700,000 on a new facility and is set to make an investment in wide-format kit.

Mount Street Printers invests and expands footprint as business grows
Mount Street Printers has purchased a new Polar guillotine as it starts to increase production at its new West London facility.

MailaDoc invests in 10th Xerox machine in further bid for expansion
Somerset-based mailing house MailaDoc has invested in a five-colour Xerox iGen 5 digital press, to further expand its digital print offering.

Conservatree in first Roland purchase and set for growth
Print and design company Conservatree has invested in a Roland SolJet Pro 4 XR-640, as part of a long-term growth initiative.

Overmatter: Segway Solutions
Visitors to the recent Drupa print expo in Dusseldorf may well have noticed staff at the Messe exhibition centre buzzing around on snazzy Segway devices – an entirely practical option for getting...

Firstan in fourth Bobst die-cutter buy
Carton maker Firstan Packaging has purchased a Bobst Expertcut 106 LER die-cutter, as it celebrates 40 years of trading.

Ditto 4 Design diversifies with drone
Ditto 4 Design in Hull believes it has become the first UK print company to obtain a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) approved license to operate a drone.

Pollard Boxes acquires Clarke Rubicon after 24-year wait
Leicester-based rigid box specialist Pollard Boxes has bought local rival Clarke Rubicon.

Innovia Group completes Cellophane sale
Innovia has finalised the sale of its UK and US Cellophane and Natureflex food packaging business as it focuses on polymer production for the UK’s new banknotes.

Screen's Filler to step down
Screen Europe president Brian Filler will retire from his role at the end of September.

Killer App: Creative approach makes for a very Good print job
Creative printer John Good, which mainly supplies programmes and brochures to theatres, was commissioned around a year ago by design agency c-ll-ct-v-ly to print private equity bank Berenberg’s...

Polestar exec takes over at CirclePrinters
A former Polestar executive has stepped in at CirclePrinters as part of a new ownership structure at the continental print group.

MagnaColours launches Reflective screen inks
Water-based ink manufacturer MagnaColours has launched its new Reflective range of toxin-free inks.

KSP eyes significant growth and new flatbed
Large-format and finishing specialist KSP Group is on course to add 50% to its turnover and round off a host of recent investments with a new flatbed wide-format press.