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Bath-headquartered magazine publisher Future UK has launched a new quarterly magazine focusing on the horror film genre.

Grafenia has signed its 70th Nettl web studio and will run a series of small regional ‘Pow Wows’ for its Nettl and Printing.com partners.

Bobst will use its October open house at its innovation centre in Heywood, Greater Manchester, to launch what it says is the world’s highest productivity vacuum metallizer.

Trade finisher Cliftons has purchased a new Perfecta Premium Line N 115 guillotine.

Digital and litho printer Colourgraphic Arts has invested in a Canon imagePress C10000VP as it continues to meet demand for short-run digital print jobs.

Sales of Baumann-Wohlenberg’s new Wohlenberg 80 Basic Line digital cutter have been so high that deliveries of the machine have been delayed until early 2017.

Packaging firm Macfarlane Group has reported a strong performance in its interim results, with an increase in pre-tax profits of more than 8% compared with the same period last year.

Wide-format specialist Artisan Signs has purchased a 3.2m-wide Mimaki UJV55-320 LED-UV printer, in a bid to move further into the textiles market.

Berlin-based mobile technology company Sprylab has opened an office in the UK and hired former Rhapsody head of digital John Rahim as its general manager.

Manroland Sheetfed owner Langley Holdings has said it is confident of a “remarkably strong year” as signings following Drupa boost order intake.

Xaar is “pleased with progress” at its half-year and has revealed that a major player in textiles is among the first OEM partners for its new 5601 aqueous printhead.

Two time-served printers have set up a new letterpress trade printing service.

Tewkesbury Printing has invested heavily to upgrade its post-press equipment with the purchase of a Polar 92N Plus guillotine and a Stahlfolder BH66 semi-automatic folder.

Blake Envelopes has appointed the former operations director at paper merchant Robert Horne as general manager.

Printers and buyers have issued warnings about a London-based print farmer that takes deposits for jobs and then, often quoting alleged production problems, fails to deliver full orders.