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Displayways invests £500,000 in business growth
Wide-format printer Displayways has completed a £500,000 round of investment, which included a move to new offices and the purchase of a Mimaki JFX500 UV 2x3m flatbed printer and an Agfa Anapurna 3200...

DTP installs Ashgate Fastbind Pureva XT
Digital printer DTP has become one of the first companies in the UK to install the new Fastbind Pureva XT EVA and PUR perfect binder from Ashgate Automation.

GF Smith launches Paper Smith webshop
GF Smith has launched an online shop that will enable consumers to order any product from its range of premium papers with no minimum order volume.

CPI to cut back after contract loss
CPI plans to shut one factory and cut around 10% of its UK workforce following the loss of its Penguin Random House contract.

Denmaur opens new Bristol office and outlines growth plans
Denmaur Independent Papers has opened a new Bristol sales office and revealed its growth strategy for 2015 following positive results last year.

Clays in major contract win
St Ives Clays is to become the sole UK supplier of monochrome books to publishing giant Penguin Random House and is poised to double its digital book production capability, in a move that has major...

Killer app: APS Group works its print magic for animal calendar
Each year the BBC’s Countryfile raises money for the Children in Need charity with a calendar that highlights the best of UK amateur nature photography.

Overmatter: Wehrle’s whirl
Immediate Media paper buying supremo Steve Wehrle recently celebrated 50 years at the business (and at the BBC before that) with a ‘dress through the decades’ themed party.

Heidelberg UK partners with ROI360
Heidelberg UK has started selling ROI360's web-to-print software after forming a partnership with the Cambridgeshire-based firm.

Totalpost acquires Mailing and Mechanisation UK and wins Muller deal
Consumables and mailroom manufacturer and supplier Totalpost Services has acquired mailroom automation and insertion systems manufacturer Mailing and Mechanisation UK as part of a major expansion...

Donnelley boss on customer care and cock-ups
RR Donnelley chief executive Tom Quinlan said the firm was able to survive the 2012 error when it released Google's quarterly earnings early - wiping $20bn off the value of the search giant - because...

Speculation over likely EFI acquisition targets
EFI chief executive Guy Gecht has dismissed speculation that the company could mount a bid for Xaar using its $600m (£400m) war chest.

Company bosses jailed in £750,000 fraud trial
The owners of failed south Wales business services company MJL Group were jailed last Friday along with two other people involved in a £750,000 fraud.

Domino UK appoints new general manager
Inkjet manufacturer Domino UK has promoted Mike Hurst to general manager for the UK sales channel.

Government brings forward plain cigarette packaging vote
A parliamentary vote on the introduction of plain packaging for cigarettes and other tobacco products has been bumped up and will now take place before the general election.