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New role for former HH Global director
Former HH Global chief sales and marketing director Tony Massey has joined US-headquartered print management and marketing services company InnerWorkings.

Barclay’s upgrades Linoprint technology
Four years after buying its first digital press from Heidelberg, Barclay’s Print has returned for a Linoprint CP, the high-speed 130ppm model.

Expert Print buys GTEC assets following liquidation
Commercial printer Expert Print has continued its rapid expansion after taking on a range of assets and 10 staff from GTEC, which fell into liquidation last week.

Geoff Neal rebrands with new company name, image and website
Geoff Neal Litho has rebranded as Geoff Neal Group to better reflect its service range and emphasise its status as a printer of high quality, creative work.

Displayways acquires Mint Source
Wide-format printer Displayways has acquired 100% of the share capital of display consultancy and project management company Mint Source Visual Communications, for an undisclosed sum.

Unitedprint targeting UK growth with new products and services
German web-to-print company Unitedprint, which runs online print brand Print24, is eyeing a further boost to its UK sales after launching more than 100 new products this summer.

HP to be biggest exhibitor at Drupa 2016
HP will overtake Heidelberg as the largest-single exhibitor at Drupa 2016, and a revamp of the exhibition’s floorplan will see the digital print giant take over an entire hall at the show.

Biggest 'Super Thursday' yet gives print a boost
Printers are set to benefit from the biggest ‘Super Thursday’ yet as Christmas book sales are predicted to top £500m.

Baddeley Brothers to publish book documenting family history
Six generations of the Baddeley family will be celebrated in a book published this week by the eponymous specialist printer and envelope maker.

Emap to ditch print as brand is 'retired'
Emap’s 17 titles are ditching their printed editions as the brand itself is retired by parent company Top Right Group.

Pinstripe Print Group in £160,000 Heidelberg investment
Pinstripe Print Group hopes to push its turnover up to the £3m mark after completing a tranche of investment that included two new Heidelberg machines: a Linoprint CV press and a Suprasetter 75...

Limpet Labels buys first PicoColour II
Limpet Labels has become the first customer for Dantex's new PicoColour II UV inkjet label press.

Landa appoints new CEO
Landa has appointed a new chief executive as the firm gears up for the roll-out of its Nanographic digital presses – but founder and former CEO Benny Landa remains firmly on board as “active...

Mixed picture for St Ives print ops
Sales at St Ives’ Strategic Marketing operation have topped £100m as the group reported year-end results under its new structure.

Rafferty steps down at Grafenia
Printing.com founder and Grafenia chief executive Tony Rafferty has stepped down from the business “by mutual consent” at the same time as it announced the sale of its Dutch business and warned on...