Business as usual at Polestar

Work is carrying on as usual at Polestar Bicester after a fire that started on Monday destroyed half of its work-in-progress storage facility.

Arjowiggins announces further price hike

Arjowiggins Graphic has made a further price increase announcement, this time of 40 per tonne for its Maine 1-Sided paper range.

Graphic Image Films expands substrate portfolio

Specialist film supplier Graphic Image Films has expanded its range of Derprosa laminating films on offer in the UK.

Optichrome mourns Ted Stephens

Optichrome chairman and owner Ted Stephens has died. He was 64 and had been suffering from cancer.

HP unveils next generation latex printer

HP has announced a new, industrial speed wide-format latex printer, to be unveiled at Fespa at the end of this month.

MPG evaluating possible sale options

MPG Printgroup's directors and financial stakeholders are still in the process of evaluating various possible options for the future of the group.

Duplo to boost headcount and make Fespa debut

Duplo UK is to boost its sales and marketing operations after closing its 2012/2013 financial year with revenues back up to their pre-2008 levels.

Fire strikes Polestar facility

Fire crews have been on site at Polestar Bicester for more than 36-hours after a fire broke out at around 1am yesterday morning.

New BioSeal coating promises 'safe to touch' print

A new British-developed and manufactured coating could revolutionise the production of antimicrobial printed products.

UPDATED: Second largest exhibitor pulls out of Ipex 2014

Ipex has been dealt another blow with the withdrawal of the show's second largest exhibitor from next March's event.

FFEI invests in new facility ahead of inkjet product release

FFEI is investing more than 2m in the purchase and fit-out of a new facility as it steps up is development of a new inkjet products, to be unveiled in the late summer.

EFI picks up acquisition pace again

EFI has acquired Belgian MIS developer GamSys Software as it looks to expand its reach through Europe.