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Overmatter: In vino veritas?

Wine and print together are Overmatter’s idea of the perfect story. At a Tesco not far from PrintWeek Towers someone with an oenophilic turn of phrase that would put Jilly Goolden to shame has hacked...

Killer app: VGL kicks off World Cup bus campaign for Adidas

Get the telly on, the beers in and cancel all plans for a month. The 2014 World Cup Brazil is finally here. From wall planners and masks to Coke’s latest World Cup-themed Share a Coke campaign, print...

St Ives Group announces Two Sides support

St Ives Group has joined responsible print campaigning group Two Sides.

Print Monkey presents England team with messages of support

Digital print and design company Print Monkey has completed a project for the FA that saw it print hundreds of messages onto a giant canvas St George’s flag in support of England’s 2014 FIFA World Cup...

Telford-based Graphics and Print collapses after £1m contract loss

Commercial printer Graphics and Print has fallen into administration following the loss of a major £1m contract, resulting in the loss of 39 jobs.

Coveris announces St Neots Packaging acquisition

Plastic packaging giant Coveris has acquired St Neots Packaging as part of a move to support its continued growth in cartonboard.

Pureprint targets growth with BT&D sales hires

Pureprint is targeting growth in its colour book and corporate publishing print operation after setting up a new sales office in Frome, Somerset, manned by a senior team from collapsed book printer...

HOA reaps benefits of in-house digital

Specialist print management and design service provider HOA Creative Communications has expanded its services after bringing its digital printing capabilities in-house.

French firm UNI adds UK manufacturing with Arteb deal

UNI Packaging has acquired Merseyside-based flexible packaging printer Arteb.

Pandaprint steps up to five colours

Dunfermline-based Pandaprint has ordered a Heidelberg Speedmaster SX 74-5 press, which will replace its first B2 machine, a Komori Spica, later this summer.

Marstan Press secures ISO colour standard

Marstan Press has crowned the installation of its new press by gaining Heidelberg ISO 12647-2 colour certification and joining the vendor’s Colour Club of accredited printers.

Lexon boosts shrinkwrapping to increase efficiency

Lexon Group has invested in Audion equipment to make its shrinkwrapping process more efficient.

Q-Quote online quotation software launched

Proximity Solutions UK has developed a new cloud-based job quotation and e-commerce system, Q-Quote, which allows printers to add an instant quote facility to their websites for a range of commercial...

Kodak launches Prosper 6000 series

Kodak has unveiled the latest generation of its Prosper high-speed inkjet web press, the Kodak Prosper 6000, which features all new paper transport, drying and ink technology.

Fespa t-shirt design and World Wrap Master winners announced

The winners of Fespa's t-shirt design and World Wrap Masters competitions have been revealed.