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Service Point UK in administration
Service Point UK has been placed into administration ahead of an anticipated pre-pack sale of the business.

Communisis in double buy
Communisis has hit the M&A trail again and bolstered its creative services offering with two acquisitions.

Gask & Hawley continues reequip with new Speedmaster CX 102
Gask & Hawley (G&H Printing) has installed a new Speedmaster CX 102-5+LX as part of an ongoing reequip that has already seen it order a hybrid Goss 16pp M600 web with Kodak Prosper S20 printheads.

First UK HP Latex 310 goes to Sign-It
Essex-based Sign-It has bought the UK’s first HP Latex 310, the entry-level machine in HP's third generation of latex wide-format printers.

SP installs Fuji Acuity LED 1600 to boost efficiency
SP Design has installed Fujifilm’s Acuity LED 1600. The specialist POS and prototype developer hopes that the large-format LED UV hybrid inkjet printer will increase efficiency and create new business...

Label Tec installs first inkjet press
Label Tec has installed an Epson SurePress L4033A inkjet label press at its Airdrie facility, with the new machine already securing new business for the firm.

Queen's Award winners celebrate success
Print and packaging businesses picked up a clutch of Queen’s Awards for Enterprise this week.

Former DST boss returns to print with Print Logic rescue
Collapsed commercial print and direct mail business Print Logic has been bought out of administration in a deal that signals the return of a leading figure in the direct mail and transactional print...

Fluid Print adds digital firepower with new bizhub
Fluid Print has taken delivery of its first digital press, with installation of a new Konica Minolta bizhub Press C1070 underway at the company.

HP announces Latex 300 series and Designjet product launches
HP has announced the launch of its third generation of Latex printers, the Latex 300 series, alongside two new additions to its Designjet Z-series portfolio ahead of next month's Fespa exhibition.

Printers await progress on sale of Rosemary Conley firms
Artisan Press is the single-biggest creditor of Quorn House Publishing, which remains up for sale.

Plant management changes at Polestar
Polestar has parted company with the managing director of its Bicester web offset site.

HQ Graphics invests £680k in new equipment
HQ Graphics, the large format printing division of Harlequin Display Group, has invested £680,000 in an array of wide-format print and finishing equipment.

GI Solutions recruits Darren Crawford as group IT director
GI Solutions Group has recruited Darren Crawford as group IT director and charged him with overseeing an estimated £750,000 investment over the next three years.

MTP Media invests in B2 five-colour Sakurai press
MTP Media has invested in a Sakurai 575SDW five-colour B2 press, which has replaced an older four-colour B2 machine from the same manufacturer.