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Arjowiggins announces further price hike

Arjowiggins Graphic has made a further price increase announcement, this time of 40 per tonne for its Maine 1-Sided paper range.

Graphic Image Films expands substrate portfolio

Specialist film supplier Graphic Image Films has expanded its range of Derprosa laminating films on offer in the UK.

Optichrome mourns Ted Stephens

Optichrome chairman and owner Ted Stephens has died. He was 64 and had been suffering from cancer.

Duplo to boost headcount and make Fespa debut

Duplo UK is to boost its sales and marketing operations after closing its 2012/2013 financial year with revenues back up to their pre-2008 levels.

Fire strikes Polestar facility

Fire crews have been on site at Polestar Bicester for more than 36-hours after a fire broke out at around 1am yesterday morning.

FFEI invests in new facility ahead of inkjet product release

FFEI is investing more than 2m in the purchase and fit-out of a new facility as it steps up is development of a new inkjet products, to be unveiled in the late summer.

EFI picks up acquisition pace again

EFI has acquired Belgian MIS developer GamSys Software as it looks to expand its reach through Europe.

Three quarters of SMEs still unaware of funding scheme

New figures show that only 27% of SMEs across the UK are aware of the government's Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) and fewer are using external finance.

Zund to unveil Cut Centre 2.0 at Fespa

Znd UK will show case the latest version of its Cut Centre software, which the manufacturer claims boasts "unrivalled productivity", at this month's wide-format exhibition in London.

WK360 upgrades to Xeikon 6000 for colour-critical fashion POS

Print and design business WK360 has bought a Xeikon 6000 digital colour press for its point-of-sale work, particularly in fashion.

Consumer gift card and voucher sales up 4.6%

New research revealing the highest growth in consumer sales of gift cards and vouchers for four quarters reflects print innovation and growing popularity with retailers, say printers.

CreaseStream draws lessons from creasing challenge

Tech-ni-fold sister firm CreaseStream challenged visitors and exhibitors at last month's Progressive Greetings exhibition to a card-creasing contest in a bid to build sector insight.

Hamble Valley chooses Heidelberg Linoprint for digital debut

Hamble Valley Press moved into digital printing for the first time last month when it took delivery of a Heidelberg Linoprint C751.

Format Graphics installs UK's first EFI Vutek LED GS3250LX

Recent start up company Format Graphics has bought the UK's first EFI Vutek GS3250LX LED UV-curing printer.

Domino refocuses UK service offer

Domino Printing Sciences has appointed a new sales director and a new service manager in a bid to improve service for its UK customers.