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Spandex targets low-cost film at sign market

Trade supplier Spandex has announced it is now stocking a new low-cost cast film from Avery Dennison.

Apex announces long-awaited UK launch of the Ryobi 760E

Apex Digital Graphics has announced the arrival of the UK's first Ryobi 760E press, after details were unveiled following Drupa 2012.

NGS acquires PBC

Perivale-based NGS Finishing Solutions has taken over Purfect Binding Company (PBC) and moved into its Wembley site.

Ricoh expands digital press range

Ricoh is launching three monochrome digital presses to help printers improve quality and performance, it says.

CSG buys Saxon Recycling

Cleansing Services Group (CSG) has acquired Cambridgeshire-based print waste management firm Saxon Recycling for an undisclosed sum.

De La Rue makes Polar investment

Banknote printer De La Rue has taken delivery of three new Polar guillotines tailored for high-accuracy cutting.

Swallowtail beefs up its digital capability

Swallowtail Print has bought a Heidelberg Linoprint C751 digital press to boost output and increase flexibility.

FFEI unveils Graphium narrow web digital press

Digital imaging specialist FFEI is to launch what it calls the industry's most productive, modular digital UV inkjet press with high-opacity digital white ink for producing labels, packaging and...

International Paper exports Carolina to the UK

International Paper has launched two of its US-made solid bleached sulphate board (SBS) grades in the UK.

Tech-ni-fold blocks third patent infringement

UK-based auxiliary finishing equipment manufacturer Tech-ni-fold has prevented a third US company from selling copies of its products.

CWU agrees Royal Mail strike ballot

The first national strike ballot of Royal Mail workers since 2009 could go ahead by September after 500 Communication Workers Union (CWU) representatives voted unanimously for the move.

Ex print boss banned from company directorship

Saul Loggenberg, former director of failed printer Clowes, has been banned from being a UK company director for 11 years following an investigation by The Insolvency Service.

GMG launches CoZone Collaborate

Software company GMG has unveiled the first module of GMG CoZone, a cloud-based online project collaboration, soft-proofing and approval package.

Pay rises in the offing, survey suggests

More print and packaging firms are awarding annual pay rises to their staff, a new survey has found.

Kodak names emergence board

Antonio Perez will continue as Kodak's chief executive, at least for a period, when the company emerges from Chapter 11.