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Calls for Home Office to reverse 'outrageous' passport decision
A huge row has erupted after news that the £490m UK passport contract has been awarded to Franco-Dutch firm Gemalto was leaked to the media – prior to any official announcement from the Home Office –...
C&D Print takes on Portland MPS in £400,000 expansion
C&D Print has rolled out a £400,000 investment strategy as it prepares to absorb print management firm Portland Media Print Services.
Central Foiling adds laminating to portfolio
Central Foiling has rounded off a £170,000 investment with the purchase of a laminator to bring more work in-house.
Hatch Print confirms official vegan accreditation
Hatch Print has become the first UK printer to receive official accreditation from the Vegetarian Society.
Future buys five Haymarket consumer titles in £14m deal
Haymarket Media Group has sold five of its titles to Future Publishing in a deal thought to be worth up to £14m.
Xaar sticks with 2020 growth plans
Xaar hopes to make “at least one” acquisition this year and the business has maintained its ambitions to boost sales by more than £100m in order to achieve its 2020 growth target.
Potential new scam targets printers
Printers have seemingly been targeted by a potential new credit card fraud scam involving the production and shipping of banners.
Newsquest to close CN Group printing ops
Newsquest has outlined plans to close the printing operations at the CN Group in Carlisle, which it acquired last week, with more than 30 jobs at risk.
De La Rue shares fall as CFO quits
De La Rue’s chief financial officer is leaving the business, as the group’s share price fell by nearly 20% after it said upcoming results would be at the lower end of City expectations – and there is...
Delga takes UK's first Indigo 12000 HD for packaging
Delga Press will be the first UK firm to run an HP Indigo 12000 HD for dedicated packaging applications when it installs the machine at the start of April.
First head of digital sales appointed at Komori UK
Komori UK has appointed John Harrison as its first-ever head of digital and finishing sales in a bid to increase its prominence in the digital printing market.
KMS Litho brings lamination in-house with new Foliant
Oxfordshire commercial printer KMS Litho has brought lamination in-house after investing in a B2+ Foliant Mercury 530SF laminator with Foliant’s multi-functional Inprinting Unit.
CMYUK named as sole UK vendor of Vutek FabriVu
CMYUK has confirmed a deal to become the sole UK and Ireland distributor of EFI’s family of Vutek FabriVu dye-sublimation printers, marking its first venture into dye-sub technology.
Kodak revenue down but profits up in full-year results
Kodak has released its full-year and Q4 2017 earnings, posting $94m in net earnings for the year, but with revenue down 7% to $1.5bn (£1.1bn), from $1.64bn in 2016.
Duplo Corporation buys European operation
Japanese post-press equipment manufacturer Duplo Corporation has bought Duplo International, parent of Duplo UK and Duplo France and master distributor for the Europe, Middle East, Africa & Russia...