Epson will use Drupa to showcase a variety of product offerings for industrial printing as well as highlighting growing opportunities for localised production at the point of demand.

Koenig & Bauer Durst has recruited a new sales director with wide-ranging digital and conventional printing experience, including at Landa Digital Printing.

A mailing services contract worth £3m is among the recently listed tenders currently available via the government’s Contracts Finder and Find a Tender services.

Bobst will take the wraps off a new all-in-one digital line for folding cartons at Drupa, where its exhibit will major on zero fault packaging production.

Bluetree Group has invested nearly £2m in the UK’s first Muller Martini Prinova Digital stitching lines – and its new Landa press will also be the country’s first S11P model.

High Wycombe mailing and documentation specialist Greens has invested in four brand-new Ricoh toner presses to back up growth in its web-to-print business.

The Arden Group has acquired Lasercomb Dies, whose 80 staff and operations will continue as normal following the completion of the deal.

Royal Mail has submitted its proposals for reform of its Universal Service Obligation, including changes to bulk mail and Second Class delivery frequencies. And the group has also appointed a new CEO.

Hybrid Software will showcase a new workflow system at Drupa that promises to "take away IT headaches” for end users.

De La Rue has signed a further extension of its decades-long brand protection contract with Microsoft.