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Domino boosts label printer workflow
Domino Digital Printing Solutions has introduced a number of updates to its new Digital Front End version 2.0 (DFEv2.0) for its N-series digital colour label presses.

Elle Media Group takes on MPC assets
Elle Media Group has bought the goodwill of MPC Print Solutions, following the £7.5m-turnover business closing its doors last month as the result of a combination of a six-figure bad debt and an...

Designer opts for Epson in new studio
Textile and fashion designer Richard Quinn has bought two Epson large-format machines for his new studio, in an investment of around £35,000.

Swiftprint brings foiling in-house
Commercial printer Swiftprint has brought in a Matrix MX-370DP digital foiling and laminating System along with an Easycoat gluing system to bring foiling in-house.

Xaar anticipates sales boost in H2
Half-year sales at Xaar will be down on 2016, but the group is expecting a more buoyant second half of the year.

BCQ secures Duplo UK first
Commercial printer BCQ Group has become the first UK company to buy a Duplo DC-746 multi-finisher complete with Integrated Folding System, in a bid to reduce bottlenecks in its digital department....

Paper industry veteran becomes Stationers’ Master
Former Thameside Group chairman Nick Steidl has been elected master of the Stationers' Company after serving as a liveryman for 27 years.

Park splashes out on high-spec Rapida with UK firsts
Park Communications has invested in a highly specified KBA Rapida 106 with features new to the UK, its second KBA press investment in 18 months.

Ellison invests in digital
Commercial printer Ellison Printing has invested in a Konica Minolta AccurioPress C2060P to ramp up its digital operation.

Cepac in £2m bespoke packaging site investment
Corrugated packaging supplier Cepac is investing £2m to kick off a programme of expansion at its Rawcliffe Bridge site, which focuses on bespoke packaging supply.

UK Bookbinders moves into laminating
South West-based finishing firm UK Bookbinders has installed a Komfi Delta 52 as part of a £250,000 investment programme for H2 2017.

Print Academy embraces LED-UV
The Print Academy has retrofitted an LED-UV curing system to its existing litho press, in a bid to "establish a new USP".

Hickling takes new Versant
Commercial and digital printer Hickling & Squires has become the second UK printer to take the new Xerox Versant 180 digital press.

RNB pushing for growth after investment
RNB Group has invested around £170,000 in two new mono laser printers and an Imprint MIS as it aims to cross the £10m-turnover mark.

Dennis expands with acquisition
Publisher Dennis Publishing has added to its current affairs division with the acquisition of MoneyWeek, a leading financial title.