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Cambridge-based software firm Global Graphics has launched an upgrade to its Harlequin Host Renderer that was showcased at Drupa last year.

An antimicrobial coating previously only used on textiles has been rolled out to printed products, including hospital literature and inflight magazines.

Richardson Printing is set to reduce makeready times by 80% with a new Heidelberg Stahlfolder TH56.

A French court has accepted a proposed 2.4m deal from Goss International to restructure its operations in France, leaving just 123 positions across two sites.

David Smith, sector director of Antalis Packaging, has become managing director of sister company Ambassador Antalis following the retirement in June of George Ladley.

Directors of Eastbourne-based technical services supplier Veritek Global have led a management buyout of the business after securing a combined debt and equity funding package.

Shuttleworth Business Systems has launched what it calls its most innovative MIS yet.

Drytac Europe has launched a polyester film for solvent, eco-solvent and latex printers with ease of application in mind.

St Ives is in consultation with the workforce at its St Ives Direct site in Bradford about outsourcing the enclosing side of the operation.

Kestrel Printing has come top in a prize draw competition to win a Konica Minolta bizhub Pro C6000L.

A Spanish appeals court has backed an earlier ruling that claims of patent infringement brought against Cretaprint are meritless.

Sequana, the French paper group that owns Arjowiggins and Antalis, has reported a sales slump of 9% in the first half of 2013, citing a "sharp decline in demand for printing papers in Europe".

CWU reps are to decide next week if they should ballot Royal Mail workers on a national strike, in a move that will inevitably raise tensions at ongoing negotiations with the postal operator.

Alpha Media Solutions (AMS), one of the two companies that emerged from the collapse of Scorpio Print Finishing in 2006, has fallen into administration with the loss of all 61 jobs.

KBA has taken another step on its diversification path with the acquisition of an 85% stake in German direct-to-container decoration press manufacturer Kammann Maschinenbau.