Print and repro house Altaimage has unveiled a new fixed page e-book application that allows its customers to produce their books and magazines in screen optimised digital format.

Belgian software developer NiXPS has launched new software to handle Microsoft's page description language XPS.

Label and tag printer Handy Labels and Tags, part of the Handy Brand group, has invested in a Polar D80 guillotine in order to take on more "intricate" jobs.

Image personalisation software DirecType is to make its UK debut after a distribution deal was signed with NCS Integrated Systems.

Rafsec, the UPM-Kymmene subsidiary, is involved in an initiative to eventually replace the barcode with Radio Frequency Identification transponders (RFIDs).

The Bank of England's new polymer £20 note, printed by De La Rue, has now entered circulation.

Printable Technologies has acquired DirecTypeR, an image personalisation software company.

UK paper merchants still dealing with Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) face being "named and shamed" by Friends of the Earth (FoE), according to forest campaigner Ed Matthew.

Stikit Labels is aiming for a 20% increase in turnover by the end of the year, following a sustained period of growth at the company.

Xaar will not show its page-wide array ink-jet print head at Ipex although it claims the product is on schedule