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Group101 installs DYSS X7 as company grows
Essex-based trade printer, Group101, has kicked off the year with an investment in a DYSS X7-1630C Superhead Digital Cutter.
Deadline looms for Headley Brothers sale
The situation at up-for-sale magazine printer Headley Brothers is coming to a head.
Williams Lea Tag CEO departs
An industry outsider has taken temporary charge of Williams Lea Tag after chief executive Dan Ellerton left the business unexpectedly, amid speculation that the group could be put up for sale.
Versant to add Versatility to Worcestershire printer's offering
Commercial printer Versatility in Print has invested in a Xerox Versant 80 digital press to boost capacity.
Pureprint plumps for five new machines from Renz
Pureprint Group has invested £140,000 in five new machines supplied by German punching and binding specialist Renz, all installed at its Uckfield factory.
HP grows both turnover and profits in Q1 2017
HP has grown its turnover in the first quarter of 2017 by 4% compared with the same period in 2016 – from $12.2bn to $12.7bn (£10.4bn) – and overall profits are also up from $592m to $611m.
Soft trading and price war hit Grafenia
Grafenia has issued a second profits warning ahead of its year-end, with soft trading combined with the price war in trade printing impacting the group’s performance.
Route One Print adds capacity with another Polar cutter
Route One Print is poised to take delivery of a Polar 137 N Plus guillotine from Heidelberg as it edges closer to its ambition of launching a same-day print service.
Profits and turnover up for acquisitive Macfarlane Group
Packaging firm Macfarlane has reported increasing group sales and profits in its 2016 year-end preliminary results, despite a slow start to the year in some areas.
Change at the top of Agfa UK
Agfa UK boss Joergen Vad is stepping down and will hand over to Eddie Williams in the spring.
BPIF calls for support over 'impractical' apprenticeship standard
The BPIF is urging printers to support its call for the government to review its conditions for the creation of a 'trailblazer' print apprenticeship standard.
Landa sells Metallography tech to LDP investor
Landa Digital Printing (LDP) investor Altana has acquired the Landa Metallography technology that was previewed at Drupa last year; while LDP now expects to make its first Nanography press...
In Print kicks off £500,000 investment with StitchLiner buy
Commercial printer In Print has kicked off a £500,000 investment progamme with the purchase of a Horizon StitchLiner 6000.
Newco emerges in Headleys saga
Headley Brothers has announced plans to make 85 roles redundant – 45% of the workforce – while a new company that has links to the firm's existing directors has been set up and could be a potential...
Overmatter: trolling the trolls
Well-known Arsenal fan Piers Morgan, the man so many people seem to love to hate (Overmatter cannot imagine why) seems to have met his match in the face of wildly popular Harry Potter author JK...