Paperlinx shareholders have voted to rename the company Spicers as its chairman called 2015 a “challenging and transformative year”.

Williams Lea, the global BPO giant, has agreed to acquire Tag Worldwide, the international design and production agency, for an undisclosed sum.

DirectSmile has launched a new version of its image software, which it claims is more of a complete personalisation tool.

Roland DG has unveiled a new desktop direct-to-garment printer built for on-demand personalisation.

Ixpressia has launched a standalone variable-data authoring tool aimed at the wide-format print market.

St Ives Burrups has rebranded as St Ives Financial and simultaneously launched a new document management package.

Vertis has completed its exit from the European market by selling London pre-media divisions Vertis PRS and Admagic to rival firm Tag.

Xaar has reached a milestone in the development of its page-wide array ink-jet printhead with lab prototypes printing in greyscale

Fresh Media Group has brought group companies Colour Systems, Fresh Vision and BigKid all under the same banner and relaunched itself as FMG.

Hexcite Group has been launched as the new £60m-turnover unifying brand identity of Gardners, Kesslers and SFD, which were recently brought together in a series of acquisitions.