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Massive fire affects Yorkshire packaging firms
A huge fire has destroyed Tradpak’s facility in Armley near Leeds city centre.

Douglas overhauls pre-press with CTP and workflow investment
Bishop's Stortford-based design and print business Douglas has invested in a new Suprasetter A75 from Heidelberg as well as an upgrade to its pre-press software suite.

Restructuring expert joins KBA board
KBA has appointed restructuring expert Dr Andreas Plesske to head up its Fit@All transformation programme.

Watkiss Automation launches Mamo laminators to UK market
Watkiss Automation has launched the Plasti series of hot and cold laminating machines from Italian finishing manufacturer Mamo into the UK.

Rocket Graphics installs UK's first Caldera Flow+ 2.0 workflow
Rocket Graphics has become the first printer in the UK to install Caldera's second generation Flow+ workflow as part of its ongoing investment plan.

EFI announces Rhapso acquisition and first quarter results
EFI has announced the acquisition of print and packaging software developer Group Rhapso, as it posted double-digit jumps in sales and profitability in its first quarter results.

Fedrigoni launches new magazine
Fedrigoni has launched its new customer magazine, Pulp, with the first issue featuring a special section on digital printing.

Durst adds metallic effects through Color-Logic partnership
Durst has added metallic effects to its Tau 330 label press and is in the process of doing the same for its Omega II wide-format printer, thanks to a partnership with Color-Logic.

Your Print Partner sole wide-format agent for Race for Life
Your Print Partner has been announced as the sole wide-format print agent for Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life 2014.

Xaar sales settle down after ceramics spike
First quarter trading at Xaar has returned to the “normal seasonal pattern” after last year’s spike.

Octink makes national news
Octink – and one of its brand new Durst wide-format printers – played a starring role on last night’s ITV News at Ten.

Ormside Press bought out of administration by Intoprint
Ormside Press has been sold by its joint administrators Cameron Gunn, Simon Harris and Mark Supperstone of Resolve Partners, to Sheffield-based Intoprint, an unrelated B3 litho, digital and...

Vistaprint to open first UK office in Kings Cross, London
Vistaprint will open its first permanent UK office this summer after reaching agreement on a premises in Kings Cross, London.

P&G inks five-year supply deal with Communisis
Communisis has extended its managed services contract with consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble for a further five years.

Steels hoisted at Polestar Sheffield
Polestar is making headway on the extension to its Sheffield site that will house the first of its new web offset presses later this year.