Williams Lea's long-awaited acquisition of Tag Worldwide, which has been 'on-again off-again' since late last year, finally came to fruition this week.

Nipson has unveiled two 600dpi high-speed black and white digital printers: the 70m/min VaryPress 200 and the 125m/min VaryPress 400.

News International will not launch a replacement for the <i>News of the World</i> until the autumn at the earliest, according to reports in <i>PrintWeek</i> sister title <i>Media Week</i>.

As it looks to capitalise on bounce-back growth, on-demand specialist First Colour has secured a UK first with its first significant spend since merging with a London rival last year.

De La Rue is to implement high-tech security features on a range of holographic tags after being reselected as a 2010 FIFA World Cup printer.

Failed consumables supplier Litho Supplies went into administration owing more than 12m, according to the creditors' report from administrator MCR.

Sometimes it feels as if the rise of social media is unstoppable. For many of us it has become second nature to share personal updates, images and opinions on Facebook, Twitter and other platforms.

Steve Parish, chief executive of Tag Worldwide, will step down at the end of this calendar year to pursue "other interests outside of the business".

A fundraising bid to complete the first phase of its development plans has been launched by the Type Museum Trust.

Absolute Digital Print has reinvested in standard litho production with the installation of a Ryobi 784E following requests from several customers wanting a B2-size format.