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Prodigi Group board (L-R): CEO James Old, CTO Tom Gallard, COO Eric Kickert and CPO Steve Levin
Supports global expansion

Prodigi acquires Peecho

Print-on-demand company Prodigi has acquired Amsterdam-based cloud printing specialist Peecho.

Bakergoodchild's new Ricohs have helped clear a production bottleneck
Pro C9500 and Pro C7500 installed

Bakergoodchild upgrades with Ricoh installs

Birmingham mailing house Bakergoodchild has installed a pair of brand-new Ricoh cut sheet toner presses, helping it shift the production bottleneck back onto finishing.

Several manufacturers will use the frontend at Drupa

Hybrid readies new workflow and direct drive DFE for digital presses

Hybrid Software will showcase a new workflow system at Drupa that promises to "take away IT headaches” for end users.

Relationship dates back to the mid-1990s.

De La Rue Authentication extends Microsoft deal

De La Rue has signed a further extension of its decades-long brand protection contract with Microsoft.

Software Circle says a fond farewell to brand

US firm snaps up iconic Printing.com domain

Software Circle has sold its Printing.com domain name for nearly £2m but has also been hit by yet more costs related to the collapse of Works Manchester.

The investment will help the company to expand into new markets, such as photobooks
Latest spend brings bindery in-house

Kall Kwik WGC boosts binding with Duplo

Kall Kwik Welwyn Garden City has invested in a Duplo DB-290 perfect binder to ensure consistent quality and bolster in-house capabilities.

Metsä Board has decided not to proceed with the Kaskinen investment
Pre-engineering phase completed

Metsä Board changes Kaskinen plans; will invest in existing mills

Metsä Board has decided not to invest in a new folding boxboard mill in Kaskinen, Finland following the completion of a pre-engineering phase, and the business now plans to invest in its existing...

Takanori Inaho has worked at Epson for more than 33 years
Takanori Inaho has wide expertise

Epson Europe new president starts in role

Epson Europe’s new president has started in his role following the retirement of previous president, Yoshiro Nagafusa.

Printweek's top 10 stories alone generated more than 39,000 clicks
March's most read

Last month’s listicle brightened with a few rays of sunshine

While March may have been on the damp side weatherwise, there were smatterings of sunshine in Printweek’s ranking of our most read stories. Chief among them were a brace of high-profile start-ups and,...

Business was non-core to the media group

National World sells PCS

National World has sold Press Computer Systems (PCS) to content and advertising software specialist Naviga in a £3.5m deal.

An aerial view of the Elvington site taken over by York Media. Image: Google Maps
'Different visions'

Linda Boyes parts company with Mike Newbould

York Media boss Linda Boyes has dispensed with the services of Mike Newbould Junior at her new web offset start-up venture.

The team behind Affinity have all been kept on
Nottingham business bought

Canva acquires Affinity parent Serif

Graphic design platform Canva has acquired Serif, the parent company behind the Affinity creative software suite for professional photo editing, illustration, graphic design, and page layout.

Wilson: the industry has changed 100%
Retirement

Leigh Wilson bows out of industry after half century

Leigh Wilson, Intuprint technical sales manager and past MD of Midland Printers Supplies, will retire on 4 April after 52 years in the printing industry.

Chadd worked his way up to the top at Millnet, where he has now been MD for five years
Transatlantic deal reached

Millnet buys US wing from former parent Consilio

Wapping-based data, document and mailing house Millnet has acquired four US offices from former parent company Consilio.

11,200sph models at Drupa

Landa lets customers do the talking

Landa Digital Printing plans to reap the benefits of the €1bn (£857m) investment that has brought the business to this point – it has just unveiled new higher-speed versions of its B1 sheetfed inkjet...