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UPDATED: St Ives hits the acquisition trail again
St Ives has taken another significant step in its evolution to become a fully fledged marketing services provider with its latest major investment in the arena.
Deltor moves into B2 with £2m spend
Deltor Communications has bought a B2 Komori Lithrone S429 with coater as part of a £2m investment to push it into short-run work.
Warwick Printing Company to install UK's first Speedmaster SX 102
Warwick Printing Company is to be the first business in the UK with a Heidelberg Speedmaster SX 102 following a 2m investment.
Natural AdCampaign claims compostable film first
A UK company has launched an innovative family of certified biodegradable substrates aimed at backlit and window film applications, which it said were unique and comparable in price to conventional...
Flatbed first for Victory Signs
Victory Signs has become the first UK user of Mimaki's JFX500-2131 LED UV grand-format flatbed printer.
PPFS fires up world's largest flatbed diecutter
Trade print finishing company Professional Print Finishing Services (PPFS) has bought a machine billed as the world's largest flatbed die cutter.
Sappi announces 6% price hike
Sappi Fine Paper Europe has announced that it is to increase the prices of its speciality paper products by 6% from 1 July this year.
Konica Minolta aims to add value with web-to-print deal
Konica Minolta has formed a strategic partnership with Vpress for web-to-print solutions.
Standard Bank contract a "monster job" for BMC
Banner Managed Communication (BMC) has scooped a five-year multiservice document management and presentation service contract with Standard Bank.
Xeikon develops new fuser drum to aid digital carton printing
Xeikon has unveiled a new fuser drum, named Alpine 516, for two of its 3000 Series digital presses that it said significantly improve digital colour carton printing.
KPG to launch new Euroflex presses at IFFA 2013
Specialist label and packaging press supplier KPG Europe will unveil upgraded versions of its Euroflex casing presses at meat processing expo IFFA 2013.
Laminator investment drives finishing growth at Nutan
Leicester-based Nutan Printers has said that the installation of a Foliant Mecury 530SF laminator has driven a 50% increase in demand for lamination work.
MJD completes 500k expansion
Point-of-sale designer and manufacturer MJD is bedding in at its new facility in Corby, after expanding out of its Rutland headquarters.
Providence ups productivity by a third with new Komori
Providence Integrated Print Solutions has inched its first Komori machine through the doors of its Crawley base to boost productivity by nearly a third.
Report urges gov't to improve support for micro-businesses
Lord Young's latest report on boosting UK business calls for the abolition of PQQs on public sector contracts worth less than 200,000 and the removal of the Start-Up Loan scheme's age cap.