Tall Group secure cheque printing operation Checkprint has reconfigured part of its Leicestershire facility and installed a raft of new equipment.

Gemini Brighton, which changed its name from Andus Print in May, celebrated with a launch party last week and is lining up another operation in the capital.

Kestrel Printing has come top in a prize draw competition to win a Konica Minolta bizhub Pro C6000L.

A Spanish appeals court has backed an earlier ruling that claims of patent infringement brought against Cretaprint are meritless.

Sequana, the French paper group that owns Arjowiggins and Antalis, has reported a sales slump of 9% in the first half of 2013, citing a "sharp decline in demand for printing papers in Europe".

Polestar has renewed its contract to print a range of journals for the British Medical Association.

CWU reps are to decide next week if they should ballot Royal Mail workers on a national strike, in a move that will inevitably raise tensions at ongoing negotiations with the postal operator.

Dartford-based direct mail printer Howard Hunt Group has installed a second Xerox iGen4 at its Dartford site and is eyeing an iGen150.

Alpha Media Solutions (AMS), one of the two companies that emerged from the collapse of Scorpio Print Finishing in 2006, has fallen into administration with the loss of all 61 jobs.

Only a few places remain on the National Association of Paper Merchants' (NAPM) annual Paper Appreciation Course, to be held on 12 September.

KBA has taken another step on its diversification path with the acquisition of an 85% stake in German direct-to-container decoration press manufacturer Kammann Maschinenbau.

Renowned designer David Bartlett has launched a new range of cardboard furniture blanks that can be overprinted with custom designs.