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New product delays hold back progress at Xaar
Xaar has made significant progress in reducing its reliance on the ceramics market, but manufacturing issues have held back one of its key product launches.

MMU hosts Technology Day
Manchester Metropolitan University Print Services will hold a Technology Day at the end of the month.

£2m Smith & Ouzman fine funds African development
The £2m penalty imposed on security printer Smith & Ouzman has been used to fund a social development project in Africa, in what is a UK government first.

Tamar plumps for second Edale carton press
Tamar Packaging Solutions has purchased a 7-colour Edale FL5-510 carton-printing press with combination drying to service three new clients.

CMYUK continues recruitment drive
Wide-format media and hardware supplier CMYUK has added another new face to its growing team with the appointment of Sarah Neate as digital marketing manager.

MX puts London’s air pollution issue on the map
Air quality is a huge talking point in London at the moment, with mayor Sadiq Khan looking to follow through with one of his key manifesto pledges to reduce pollution levels in one of the...

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Print Projects turns to Ricoh to streamline its production
Print Projects has invested £160,000 in three new machines from Ricoh, the Northampton-based commercial printer announced at PrintWeekLive!

Northside expands finishing; plans Indigo spend
Northside Graphics, the owner of TradeDigitalPrint.co.uk and DigitalPrinting.co.uk, has invested in a raft of finishing kit in the main to boost its book finishing offering.

Intec launches updated ColorFlare
Intec has launched its updated ColorFlare CF1000LX foiler and laminator, an upgrade on the CF1000, with an additional arm and roller station to save on turnaround times.

KBA to invest €16m in new demo centre
KBA is set to build a new digital and flexo press demo centre at its main Wurzburg plant in Germany.

Howard Hunt eyes third Fusion Cross after £1.2m investment
Direct mail service provider Howard Hunt has installed the second of two Böwe Systec Fusion Cross high speed inserting systems at its Dartford site and is considering a third.

Evonprint enters administration
West Sussex-based print and design specialist Evonprint (Evon Print Ltd) has fallen into administration, blaming a recent deterioration in trading conditions.

KBA-NotaSys settles bribery case
Banknote press manufacturer KBA-NotaSys has been fined one symbolic Swiss franc following a corruption scandal, but will also pay a multimillion euro settlement.

Deanprint concludes six-year upgrade programme with new cutters
Deanprint, the 125-year-old Stockport printer and bookbinder, has added two more Baumann-Wohlenberg 115 high-speed cutters to the pair it installed two years ago.