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GIF introduces biodegradable laminate
Coatings supplier Graphic Image Films (GIF) has launched its first biodegradable film for conventional and thermal lamination processes.

KnowledgePoint installs Xerox iGen3 110
KnowledgePoint has boosted its digital print capabilities after installing a Xerox iGen3 110 colour press.
Col-Tec redesigns collator for Cambrian Printers
Magazine specialist Cambrian Printers has installed a collator from Col-Tec after the supplier designed a bespoke machine for the Welsh printer.

TJ international buys MBO buckle folder after successful trial
Book printer TJ International has taken permanent ownership of an MBO T960 buckle-folding machine after a successful trial.

Apple Tree Design & Print boosts Sakurai family with five-colour buy
Apple Tree Design & Print has added a Sakurai 572EDII to its existing Sakurai presses and moved to a bigger site.

Harmsworth confirms Plymouth closure
Newspaper printer Harmsworth Printing has confirmed it will shut down its Plymouth print facility.

KPMG 'confident' of sale of TPF and Reelform manufacturing business
The manufacturing business of The Print Factory (TPF) and continuous stationery printer Reelform is continuing to trade in administration, servicing the recently sold BPO business and other contracts,...
Buyer sought for failed supplier Senior Graphic Machinery
Insolvency practitioner Begbies Traynor is looking for a buyer for Senior Graphic Machinery, a Heidelberg cylinder press supplier.
Goss teams with Akiyama for US sales push
Goss International is to sell and support Akiyama products in the US and Canada, although it has no plans to offer the Japanese presses in the UK.

Lateral Group extends marketing software partnership
Marketing specialist Lateral Group has extended its seven-year partnership with marketing software provider Alterian.

Chesapeake buys KBA Rapida 106 as part of 2.5m investment
Chesapeake Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Packaging has bought a KBA Rapida 106 as the centrepiece of a 2.5m spend at its Greenford, Middlesex site.
Mainstream Direct adds paper-enclosing facility in 200,000 spend
Trade mailing house Mainstream Direct has increased its paper-enclosing capacity as part of a 200,000 spend.

Morgana Systems produces 25,000th machine
Morgana Systems' Milton Keynes manufacturing facility has produced its 25,000th machine.

National Express chooses Andesign for signage work
National Express has installed a range of signage around its revamped Birmingham coach station, printed by Sutton Coldfield-based Andesign.

Polestar Chantry to print Haymarket's Manchester United magazine
Polestar has been awarded the contract to print Inside United, Manchester United FC's monthly magazine published by Haymarket Media.