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Grayam Press boosts digital capacity with Truepress investment
Grayam Press has bolstered its digital firepower with an investment in a Truepress 344 from Screen.
Global Graphics improves trapping and transparency in Harlequin 8.1
Global Graphics has introduced "substantial enhancements" to trapping and transparency performance, as well as spot colour processing, in the latest version of its Harlequin RIP, the Harlequin Plus...
Flint Group cuts delivery times for rotec offset sleeves
Flint Group Flexographic Products has cut delivery times for its rotec offset sleeves for Variable Sleeve Offset Printing (VSOP) presses by allowing print shops to order them directly.
Pega Print sold in management buy-in
Pega Print has undergone a management buy-in following the retirement of the company's founders.
VIM files appeal to ITC over 'erroneous' decision on plate patent infringements
VIM Technologies has said it expects the International Trade Commission (ITC) to reverse its preliminary decision that certain plate products infringe Presstek patents.
Heidelberg expects full-year loss after 54m Q1 operating loss
Heidelberg has warned that it does not expect to make a profit in the current 2009/10 financial year, following the publication of its first-quarter results this week in which it posted a 63m euro...
Proteck, Screen and TechNova secure three-party alliance
Indian plate manufacturer TechNova Imaging Systems has announced an OEM alliance with Japan's Dainippon Screen.
Blushing printers shy away from saucy women's magazine work
Women's magazine Filament is struggling to find a printer because of its racy content.
Qualitech administrators axe two-thirds of staff
Around two-thirds of the employees at failed printer Qualitech have been made redundant as the administrator continues to work towards a sale.
Unite warns that unemployment will rise further
Trade union Unite has said that UK unemployment could pass 3m before the year is out as Office of National Statistics figures showed that the number of jobless in the UK has reached its highest level...
Assets sale of FI Printing is 'close'
The liquidator for failed printer FI Printing has said that a deal to sell the assets back to the previous directors is "close".
BT hands multi-million pound transpromo deal to RR Donnelley
BT has awarded a multi-million pound transpromo contract to RR Donnelley's Global Document Services arm.
SMEs to get free access to lower-value government tenders
The government is to introduce free access to thousands of public sectors tenders worth up to 100,000 on its supply2.gov.uk website, it has announced.
Packaging prototyping firm Pakready prepares for global push with Sizer appointment
Packaging and point-of-sale prototyping systems firm Pakready has appointed print industry veteran Derek Sizer as managing director to spearhead its global expansion.
Epson to launch wide-format printer with packaging proofing functionality at LabelExpo
Epson has revealed that it will use LabelExpo Europe in Brussels at the end of September to unveil a new wide-format printer.