A trio of companies aims to revive the Variquik brand with a new version of the short-run book press.

Tags of Liverpool has boosted its print and perforating capacity by investing in a two-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster SM 52-2-P.

Litho Supplies has bolstered its relationships with Xerox and Screen by signing agreements to launch three direct imaging presses into the UK.

Card manufacturer and printer Nitecrest has partnered with technology company Tag Systems to develop its banking division, which is now operating under the name Tagnitecrest.

UPM-Kymmene has announced changes to the product names for its graphic fine papers and is also set to launch a new grade next year

Canterbury printer Omicron Repro has had positive support from its customers despite an initial period of concern over the name of the latest Covid variant.

Printers, on the whole, are not a bashful bunch. They are proud of their work, their skills and their machines and they will happily tell you as much.

Carlton Barclay Group is looking to make acquisitions in the direct marketing sector after buying south-west London-based Litho-Tech Colour Printers

Inc Direct has beefed up its executive board with a former Williams Lea boss joining as managing director as the marcomms specialist sets its sights on organic growth and eyes potential acquisitions.

A proposal to dramatically increase the number of internet domain name suffixes has been approved paving the way for an almost limitless variety of domain endings, including .print and .packaging.