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Limpet Labels to treble production capacity

Limpet Labels UK? is about to treble its production capacity after booting up a Screen Truepress L350UV+ UV inkjet printer.

CMS spends £300k as investment drive continues

Central Mailing Services (CMS) has invested £300,000 in a raft of new machinery as it continues to grow following its June move to a new circa-4,300sqm Birmingham base.

Xerox: Iridesse sales up, iGen down

Xerox chief John Visentin has hailed the new Iridesse digital press for “driving new business” and exceeding expectations at the manufacturer, even though sales of high-end production devices fell in...

Rocket boosts output with £600k spend

Large-format digital production company Rocket Graphics has spent £600,000 on two new pieces of equipment and extended its printroom to boost production output.

Essentra packaging division returns to growth

Essentra’s packaging division returned to growth in Q3, reporting an increase of more than 4%, excluding the impact from the closure of the Newport folding cartons site last year.

Fespa Awards 2019 open for submissions

The longest-running awards competition in speciality print is once again calling for entries, with judges including a veteran printer to artists Salvador Dali and Joan Miró.

Print Data Solutions eyes expansion on 20th anniversary

Print Data Solutions (PDS) is celebrating its 20th anniversary by looking to the future as it prepares to add video-in-print production to its offering and expand its design wing.

US group plans Communisis takeover

Acquisitive US billing services group OSG aims to expand into Europe and will more than double in size through an all-cash recommended offer for Communisis that values the PLC at nearly £154m.

ProCo scoops top award at print's night of nights

The industry’s finest celebrated the magic of print at last night’s PrintWeek Awards, at which Sheffield-headquartered ProCo were crowned the 2018 Company of the Year.

Book Printer of the Year: Boss Print

Last year’s highly commended entry turned a new leaf in 2018 with an outright category win. “Great attention to detail, with complex technical solutions to difficult issues resulting in beautiful...

Industrial Digital Printer of the Year: Go Inspire Solutions

Go Inspire got the balance right to win for the first time a category in which data handling, variables, text and images are as important as the overall quality of the printed product.

Out-of-home Printer of the Year: VGL

VGL put the ‘ooh!’ into OOH print with five Mamma Mia bus wraps with rainbow glitter vinyl that give a shimmering illusion of movement when hit by light. A Sky building wrap meanwhile featured giant...

Bespoke Magazine Printer of the Year: Park Communications

Beauty Papers, a photography-led magazine on the culture of make-up and beauty, helped Park Communications win this category.

Bespoke Digital Printer of the Year: Screaming Colour

Judges were looking for short-run, high-value brochures, packaging and presentation packs. They found “a standard across the whole category that was stunning, but this entry in particular was...

Catalogue Printer of the Year: Precision Colour Printing

Although high-quality printing was essential for this category, judges also took into account the production constraints often imposed in catalogue work. However, that wasn’t strictly necessary for...