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Canadian PE firm acquires Label Express
Croydon-based label printer Label Express has been acquired by North American private equity firm Lynx Equity for an undisclosed sum.

Pensord boss elected BPIF president
Pensord managing director Darren Coxon has been elected BPIF president, having served as vice-president since March 2015.

Penstripe increases folding firepower with Stahlfolder KH 82 buy
Educational publisher and printer Penstripe has invested in a Stahlfolder KH 82, a B1-format combination folder that it will use for products including planners, notebooks and diaries.

Newsprinters renews Agfa agreement
News UK print arm, Newsprinters, has agreed a new contract with Agfa, ahead of the current contract’s scheduled expiry in 2018, in a deal that will see its CTP and workflow system completely...

Consumables supplier JAG quadruples footprint
Fledgling printing consumables company JAG has responded to significant growth since its foundation two years ago by moving to a warehouse almost four times the size of its previous premises.

TCT invests more than £2m in new kit
Card manufacturer and mailing operation Thames Card Technology (TCT) has increased its personalisation capacity by 60% after investing more than £2m in a range of new kit.

Polestar: one year on
A year on from the collapse of Polestar, UK printers remain hopeful of winning back some of the work that migrated to the continent – and remained there – after the group’s failure.

StackaWraps boosted by high-profile signings
StackaWraps has secured investment from two leading wide-format industry figures as it looks to steer its innovative shaped fabric POS and film props business through its next period of growth.

Overmatter: analogue Twitter
When Overmatter saw the press release about a new product range from Clintons, it gave every impression of being a late-arriving April Fool.

Nestlé commissions the Ultimate personalisation job
Personalised packaging is all the rage at the moment, with Unilever, Coca-Cola and a multitude of others embracing the trend over the past couple of years. The latest to get involved, Nestlé’s KitKat,...

GPS Colour Graphics upgrades pre-press and digital ops
One of Northern Ireland’s biggest commercial printers has ramped up production with a £450,000 spend centred on upgrading its pre-press operation and the installation of what it claimed was the first...

EFI reports revenue decline in Q1 results
EFI has seen its Q1 turnover fall by 2% compared to the same stage last year.

Empine launches education brand
Blackburn-based commercial printer Empine Print has launched Empine Education, a sub-brand, dedicated solely to printing for the education sector.

Industry names recognised in Queen’s Awards
A clutch of print-related companies have been recognised in the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise.

Precision supports site move with new RMGT LED-UV press
Precision Printing has invested in a new RMGT (Ryobi) LED-UV press to support its move to new premises and boost its capacity.