Whistl posts record profits despite sales slip

Whistl, the UK’s second largest postal services provider, has reported a boost in underlying profits despite a dip in sales in its first full year following its MBO.

Hague acquires Solchar

Print management firm Hague Print has resumed its stroll on the M&A path with its first 2017 acquisition.

A3 hones high-end offering with Versafire buy

A3 Design & Print has installed a new Heidelberg Versafire CP Digital Press, to aid with short-run digital work for high-end design agencies.

Xeikon makes inkjet move

Long-time toner exponent Xeikon is entering the inkjet market with a new UV inkjet drop-on-demand label press.

Boss Print launches new colour process

West London-based Boss Print has launched a new litho colour process that offers photographic, continuous tone-like image quality based on an expanded colour gamut with high definition screening.

Vellum Acts to be axed

The House of Commons has agreed a compromise with peers in the House of Lords that will put an end to centuries of printing new laws on vellum.

Oxuniprint upgrades with Komori

The printing division of Oxford University Press (OUP), Oxuniprint, has bought a new Komori Lithrone S29 H-UV to replace an ageing B2 Mitsubishi Diamond 1000 press.

Optichrome in double Versafire investment

Commercial printer Optichrome has invested £250,000 in two Heidelberg Versafire CP digital presses, in a bid to increase its digital output.

No dividend for unsecured Headley creditors

Unsecured creditors of Headley Brothers are owed more than £4m and are unlikely to receive any form of payout.

Swallowtail invests with Heidelberg

Norwich-based commercial printer Swallowtail expects a 50% increase in productivity by replacing its ageing MBO folder with a new Stahlfolder TH 82.

Evans is new DMS CEO

Former St Ives director Neil Evans has joined DMS Agency as its new chief executive.