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UPDATE: HP confirms plan to hive off Personal Systems and Printing businesses into new company
HP has confirmed that it plans to separate into two publicly traded companies by the end of the next financial year (fiscal 2015).

Welsh printer PCP buys Chas Hunt for an undisclosed sum
Commercial printer PCP (Pugh's Colourprint) has bought Cardiff-based firm Chas Hunt in an acquisition that was completed last Wednesday (1 October).

Leeds Die Cutting expands services with double Horizon buy
Trade finisher Leeds Die Cutting has expanded its capabilities by investing in a Horizon SPF/FC-200A bookletmaker and a Horizon BQ270V single-clamp perfect binder.

Buxton rounds off £15m spend with fourth long perfector
Buxton Press has rounded off its two-year, £15m re-equip with orders for its fourth Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 and complementary post-press and pre-press kit, which combined could boost capacity at...

DCL Print hires new managing director for Wotton-under-Edge site
Trade printer DCL Print has appointed Ben Turner as managing director of its site in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire.

Cashin Print buys fourth Speedmaster ahead of plant extension
Irish commercial printer Cashin Print has invested in a two-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster SX 102 B1 press ahead of a planned extension to its 1,394sqm premises at the beginning of next year.

Contra Vision names new MD
See-through graphics technology developer Contra Vision has appointed Roger Hill as its new managing director and president of Contra Vision North America.

Connect Packaging makes digital foray following sale to CBS
Connect Packaging has installed its first digital press as part of a £750,000 investment backed by its new parent CBS Packaging, which acquired the Essex-based converter in December 2013.

Irongate adds iGen 150 for personalised packaging
Irongate has invested in additional digital print firepower from Xerox to expand its personalised product range, including photo gifting.

Wyndeham owner 'confident' about prospects
Walstead Investments has released its first results since the loss of the IPC Media contract, and has revealed that it has secured new work from e-tailers to help mitigate the lost volume.

Fespa veterans Michel Caza and Ricardo Delgado retire from board
Fespa co-founder Michel Caza and former president Ricardo Rodriguez Delgado have both announced their retirement from the eight-man board, making way for two new appointments.

Integrity snaps up specialist colour presses
Integrity Print has acquired the equipment from Wyndeham Print Direct, and could take on some of the plant’s former workers.

New bespoke digital packaging firm opens in South Wales
Welsh chocolate manufacturer Michton has opened a new digitally printed packaging subsidiary called Personalised Printed Products.

Government launches postal competition inquiry
The government has announced an inquiry into competition in the UK postal sector, including downstream access and end-to-end delivery, as well as the impact of parcel delivery services on the...

St Austell Printing Company installs Technotrans reverse osmosis system
Cornwall-based commercial printer St Austell Printing Company has invested in a Technotrans alpha r.10 water treatment unit to boost the productivity of its presses.