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Jon Hutchins joins Druckfarben
Blanket and ink manufacturer and supplier Druckfarben has appointed industry expert Jon Hutchins as its technical director, as it continues to expand into the offset blanket market.

Macfarlane Group continues acquisition strategy
Macfarlane Group has made another strategic buy to boost its packaging distribution network by acquiring the packaging business of Glasgow-based Edward McNeil.

Rialto 900 boosted with new inline finishing features
Xerox is set to reveal two new inline finishing options for its Rialto 900 Inkjet Press at Drupa.

Insite jets into Hamburg for twin-engined expo
London-based event industry graphics specialists Insite Graphics has seen its ideas take off with a printed runway connecting two aircraft trade shows.

Overmatter: bowing out
Regular readers may recall that Immediate Media paper manager Steve Wehrle is one of just a dozen ‘ever presents’ who’ve run every single London Marathon since the race’s inception in 1981.

Lustalux installs new graphic wall hanging
Preston-based wide-format graphics company Lustalux has printed and installed a new graphic wall hanging at the Royal Preston Hospital

PwC confirms Polestar job cuts
Administrators at PricewaterhouseCoopers have confirmed that 183 redundancies have been made at Polestar.

Avery Dennison set to acquire Mactac Europe
Global manufacturer Avery Dennison has agreed to acquire the European business of graphic and label media manufacturer Mactac, in a deal worth around $200m (£137m).

Time Inc 'working closely' with Polestar administrator
Time Inc’s Guy Gleysteen has jetted into the UK to address the crisis in the publisher’s supply chain due to the situation at Polestar.

Print manufacturers react to IET Brexit warnings
UK print industry manufacturers Xaar and Morgana Systems have reacted to a claim that exiting the EU would be "a wholesale risk to engineering in the UK".

Packaids installs OmniFold 3000
Berkshire-based print finisher Packaids has invested in the first Kluge OmniFold 3000 folding and gluing system to be installed in the UK and Ireland.

Offset blankets expert Chamberlain dies
Neville Chamberlain, described as a world-leading authority on offset printing blankets, has died aged 80.

'£100m loss to UK print' warning as rivals scope out Polestar sites
Both Wyndeham owner Walstead Group and Prinovis have confirmed their potential interest in parts of stricken print group Polestar.

The Plockmatic Group purchases KGS
The Plockmatic Group, owner of UK finishing product supplier Morgana Systems, has this week completed the purchase of Italian bindery kit manufacturer KGS.

FSB fear over weak economic growth
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has stated its concern over the UK's slowdown in economic growth in the first quarter of 2016.