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Atlantic extends printer range with Azon distribution deal
Atlantic Tech Services has boosted its product range by taking on the entire range of Croatian specialist digital printer manufacturer Azon’s range.

Overmatter: vote-losing print
Ah, a general election. Time for political parties of all persuasions to mess something up in printed form.

Killer app: Three-piece outfit rocks out planetary mag cover
Bauer Media has launched a new classic rock magazine, Planet Rock, and for its inaugural May issue it was looking to kick off with something a little bit special, calling on not one, not two but three...

CMS invests further in record year
Central Mailing Services (CMS) has continued its year of heavy investment with a £65,000 spend on a Norpak polyprocessor and a Morgana Major folder.

Symposium invests in Komori
Welsh commercial printer Symposium Design & Print has installed a secondhand 10-colour Komori Lithrone LS29 perfector in a bid to reduce lead times.

Paper industry beats energy-saving targets
The UK’s papermaking industry has smashed its energy-saving targets for the two-year period from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2016.

St Ives sells Roche site
St Ives has sold the Cornish factory occupied by Wyndeham Roche to a property company for £4.2m, while the group’s share price has descended to a new all-time low.

Kingswood iOptus gains security standard
Kingswood iOptus has added the ISO 27001 information security standard to its list of accreditations.

Keeps Printing closes doors
Berkshire-based Keeps Printing has fallen into administration, leading to five redundancies.

BPIF urges candidates to Pledge for Print
The BPIF has urged prospective parliamentary candidates to sign its Pledge for Print in the run-up to the General Election.

MBO secures future for Lincoln printer
Three directors at Lincoln-based printer Elpeeko have ensured the continued operation of the 112-year-old firm by taking over the business through an MBO.

Wheatons closes doors
Wheatons Exeter, the former Polestar book printing operation, officially closed its doors last Friday (2 June), leading to 35 further redundancies.

Northend in major LED-UV investment
Northend Creative Print Solutions has invested just shy of £1m on a five-colour RMGT (Ryobi) 925 LED-UV press along with various add-ons.

Metropolis buys raft of Ascential titles
Ascential has sold its last remaining UK ‘heritage’ magazine titles to Metropolis International in a £23.5m deal.

Roland partners Coventry Uni in new technology facility
The new 1,800sqm state-of-the-art National Transport Design Centre (NDTC) has opened its doors at Coventry University’s technology park boasting a raft of the latest Roland equipment.