UK print industry manufacturers Xaar and Morgana Systems have reacted to a claim that exiting the EU would be "a wholesale risk to engineering in the UK".

Berkshire-based print finisher Packaids has invested in the first Kluge OmniFold 3000 folding and gluing system to be installed in the UK and Ireland.

Digital print specialist Just Digital has invested in a number of new finishing systems from Duplo, including five bookletmakers.

The Plockmatic Group, owner of UK finishing product supplier Morgana Systems, has this week completed the purchase of Italian bindery kit manufacturer KGS.

Both Wyndeham owner Walstead Group and Prinovis have confirmed their potential interest in parts of stricken print group Polestar.

Polestar’s unsecured creditors from the period prior to the pre-pack sale of the business in March were owed more than £235m by the group.

The owner of a supplier to the printing industry has been fined after a young apprentice lost his finger after it was caught in a rotary die press.

Alex White, managing director of finishing kit manufacturer Blackman & White, stated his desire for the UK to remain in the EU at Sign & Digital UK.

Scodix has launched a B1-format multi-function digital enhancement press for short to medium-length runs that it said were previously not viable for printers in the packaging sector.

Eagle Systems is claiming to be the first company to conquer cold foiling on uncoated stocks and has promised to reveal how at Drupa.