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Vision Paper & Board adds Double A Premium to range

Paper merchant and converter Vision Paper & Board, part of the Middleton Paper Group, has added Double A Premium to its range of business papers.

Agfa expands wide-format range with OEM cutting table

Agfa Graphics has launched its first wide-format cutting table, the Acorta, following an OEM deal with Italian manufacturer Elitron.

Billingham Press brings perfect binding in-house with Morgana investment

Family-run commercial printer Billingham Press has installed a Morgana DigiBook 200 PUR perfect binding machine to enable it to bring perfect binding in-house.

Charlie Hebdo print run upped to 3m, printer under wraps

A French printing industry expert has told PrintWeek that the country’s security services have asked for the identity of the printer of this week’s Charlie Hebdo “survivors’ issue” be kept under wraps...

Hartgraph invests £2m in new building and Speedmaster XL 75

Commercial printer Hartgraph has invested around £2m in a new five-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75 with coater and newly purchased premises, which it moved to over the Christmas period.

Spandex expands ImagePerfect range with new self-adhesive wall textile

Sign-making and display industry trade supplier Spandex has expanded its range of ImagePerfect materials with the launch of a new self-adhesive wall textile, ImagePerfect Self-Adhesive Wall Textile...

Killer app: Doddle campaign a piece of cake for Stewart Signs

Launched last year, Doddle is a joint venture between Network Rail and Travelex founder Lloyd Dorfman that plans to roll out 300 parcel shops at train stations across the country as an alternative...

Overmatter: icing on the cake

Overmatter loves weddings. And cake. And what have we here? Yes, it’s a print-themed wedding cake. Let joy be unconfined!

Baker Goodchild expands plant list with new investments

Direct mail fulfilment and print management services provider Baker Goodchild has added to its growing production capabilities by making a raft of investments in new equipment.

Kodak on the lookout for acquisitions

Kodak chief executive Jeff Clarke has been on the hunt for potential high-tech acquisitions in Israel, according to venerable Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

Ricoh gives seal of approval to Blake envelope ranges

Blake’s Premium Office, Premium Business, Premium Pure and Premium Postfast envelope ranges have become the only ones of their kind in the world to be endorsed for use in Ricoh digital production...

Timsons digital wing enters voluntary liquidation

UK press manufacturer Timsons has been placed into creditors’ voluntary liquidation, resulting in the loss of 25 jobs, after the firm was unable to attract orders for its digital presses.

Charlie Hebdo suspects die as police storm French printco building

French authorities appear to have ended the siege and freed the hostage at French printco Création Tendance Découverte (CTD), where terrorist suspects accused of the shooting at French satirical...

Addressing & Mailing Solutions launches Impressia envelope printer

Mailroom equipment supplier Addressing & Mailing Solutions (AMS) has launched the AMS Impressia, a laser envelope printer capable of printing over 4,000 full-colour envelopes per hour.

Urban Design and Print supports digital demand with Horizon and Foliant buys

Commercial printer Urban Design and Print has invested in a Horizon SPF/FC-200 bookletmaker and B3 Foliant Vega 400 laminator to support demand for its digital print work.