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Overmatter: tie fighters
Overmatter is very well aware that this industry scrubs up very nicely, very nicely indeed, and there is of course no better opportunity to show off a bit of finery than at the PrintWeek Awards.
DPS Digital invests in Indigo
DPS Digital has invested in an HP Indigo 12000 digital press to supplement a site move, in a circa-£1m investment.
Apprenticeship take-ups down as levy sets in
The number of people starting an apprenticeship has fallen by almost two thirds since the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy earlier this year.
Ultragraph chooses Versafire to attract new business
Marketing services and packaging printer Ultragraph has installed a Heidelberg Versafire CP digital press to increase its competiveness.
Nettl pulls plug on post-apocalyptic advert
Nettl has been forced to remove an advert after receiving a complaint about its content.
Canon names new head of commercial printing
Canon’s Stuart Rising has been promoted to the role of head of commercial printing, replacing the recently departed Craig Nethercott.
W&G Baird rounds off £6m investment period with Komori first
Northern Irish sheetfed printer W&G Baird has become the first UK company to install a B1 Komori Lithrone GL840P H-UV, rounding off an 18-month £6m investment period.
Cornwallis bought in pre-pack administration
Packaging printer Cornwallis Company (Cheshire) has been acquired out of administration and has changed its name to D&M Packaging.
Koenig & Bauer rejects Smithers Pira report
Koenig & Bauer has rejected the findings of the Smithers Pira report into the productivity of used sheetfed presses, while arch-rival Heidelberg – which PrintWeek has learned paid for the study – has...
A1 rounds off Xerox spend with double installation
Birmingham-based security printer A1 Security Print has rounded off a circa-£370,000 18-month spend on Xerox equipment with the installation of a Versant 180 digital press and Nuvera 144.
Report: used Heidelberg presses 'more productive'
Smithers Pira has ignited a debate about press productivity with the publication of a white paper on the performance of pre-owned presses that comes down heavily in Heidelberg’s favour.
Opus spends big on insertion lines
Opus Trust Marketing has invested just shy of £2m in new mailing lines from Pitney Bowes in a bid to handle an upsurge in short-run mailing jobs.
Just Digital spends big on Xerox and Duplo
Just Digital has ramped up its production firepower with two Xerox iGen 5s and a brace of Duplo iSaddle stitchers.
MGI Jetvarnish 3D Evolution taken on by Konica Minolta
Konica Minolta has added the new MGI Jetvarnish 3D Evolution to its industrial printing product portfolio.
DS Smith makes Eastern European push with Romanian acquisition
DS Smith has acquired Romanian packaging and paper firms EcoPack and EcoPaper in a bid to extend its Eastern European reach.