Commercial print and design company Truprint Media has invested around £200,000 in a secondhand Komori L-528 five-colour B2 litho press and StudioRIP Workflow to increase its competitiveness.

Gloucester-based printer Severn has bought a B2 four-colour Komori Lithrone S29 with H-UV curing to update its litho operation and increase its productivity.

Williams Lea Tag owner Deutsche Post DHL is understood to have completed a number of key steps needed to facilitate the sale of the business.

Suffolk-based Micropress has invested £1.2m on a new litho press and finishing kit from Heidelberg.

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

Three developers of image personalisation and variable data software, DirectSmile, XMPie and DirecType, have announced developments and upgrades to their ranges.

The former owners of the company formerly known as Graphic Arts Equipment (GAE) have said that 'alarm bells started ringing' in August 2009 over the future of parent Litho Supplies.

The value of the personalised gift market is expected to reach $31bn (£24bn) by 2021 – up 55% from 2016, at least according to new research commissioned by HP.

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