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Freier: years of experience and fits in with Highcon’s culture and values

Highcon appoints new European boss

Highcon has appointed a former HP and Polar executive as its new general manager and vice president of sales in Europe.

Tame: print and paper has a great sustainable story to tell

IG Design Group and St Austell become Two Sides partner members

IG Design Group and St Austell Printing Company have become partner members of print and paper advocacy group Two Sides.

Perkins: "it’s long been our intention to give the wealth away"

Canva valuation soars on fresh funding

Graphic design platform Canva has been valued at an astonishing $40bn (£29bn) after its latest fundraising round.

The KAS Mailmaster Ascent encloses up to 7,000 envelopes per hour

Precision ups capacity with KAS install

Suffolk marketing services, technology, and e-commerce group Precision has taken on an intelligent envelope inserter from KAS Paper Systems.

Archer is now part of Monotype's type library

Monotype acquires Hoefler&Co

Monotype has added a raft of globally popular typefaces to its type library after acquiring type foundry Hoefler&Co.

An opening ceremony for the expanded facility was held on 2 September

Meteor Inkjet supports growth with site expansion

Meteor Inkjet has expanded its office, lab, and manufacturing space to meet strong market demand for its products and services.

Inks for commercial printing, publication printing and packaging will go up

SunChem: 'unprecedented' situation means more price rises

Sun Chemical, the world’s largest ink maker, will put up prices again next month due to ongoing raw material shortages and “further significant inflationary pressures” affecting its costs.

Felton: no practical travel barriers to Fespa for most printers

Fespa hails travel restrictions easing

Fespa has stressed that fully-vaccinated travellers, including those from the UK, will be able to attend its returning flagship Global Print Expo in Amsterdam next month without quarantine.

Thayer (left) and Shipp by the Displayline

Delta first with new FSDU folder-gluer

Delta Group has speeded up FSDU production with the UK’s first installation of a clever new folding and gluing device from Lamina System.

Webinar will include tips on how to avoid common pitfalls

EFI webinar on web-to-print

EFI is hosting a webinar later today, aimed at anyone struggling or “consumed by frustration” with their current web-to-print strategy.

Savage (R) with Duplo UK regional sales manager Jason Davies: “We wanted to stop bottlenecks in finishing"

Doveton Press adds Duplo bookletmaker to boost efficiency

Bristol-based Doveton Press has installed a Duplo DBM-600 bookletmaker with trimmers and collator to reduce bottlenecks in the finishing department.

Power of Print will take place on 2 November

Power of Print to highlight print effectiveness and sustainability

The eleventh annual Power of Print event will take place on Tuesday 2 November as an online seminar.

New Nettl partners have come on board in UK and USA

Grafenia reports sales uplift

Grafenia recorded its highest sales figure last month since November 2019, with “even litho” growing since the start of the group’s new financial year in April.

The expansion will make Malta De La Rue's largest banknote facility

De La Rue extends Maltese manufacturing site

De La Rue has announced plans to more than double the size of its Malta facility – making it the biggest banknote site in the group – just nine months after it ceased currency printing at its...

Neon inks: coming soon to a UK customer

SwissQprint grows UK business as standalone

SwissQprint has reported a buoyant performance at its UK business, despite its first year of operation coinciding with the harshest pandemic restrictions.