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.

Trade finisher SM Finishing will move into the full personalisation mailing sector after purchasing a Videojet BX6000 Series Binary Array inkjet printer.

Commercial printer 20-20 Graphics is to move into larger premises after it purchased a brand new Heidelberg B1 102 CD 6 LX press.

The company formerly known as Houseprint has changed its official name once again and complaints are still flooding in, with one client taking the business to a small claims court.

Barnet-based MPC Solutions signed for a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75 at Heidelberg’s 20/20 Vision event last week in a £1.4m spend that will lead to the new press replacing two older Heidelbergs.

Page Bros has expanded into a new business area with the acquisition of specialist publisher Art Angels.

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.

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

Peter Zillig, chief executive of Tag Worldwide EMEA, is hoping for a Red (Devils) Christmas and believes responsiveness and collaboration will be key for the print industry in 2015.

Williams Lea is understood to have found a new figurehead for Tag Worldwide following the departure of chief executive Steve Parish, who leaves at the end of this calendar year.