
The Sweet People supports rebrand and European push with Epson buy
Domed labels producer Liquid Lens has rebranded to become The Sweet People and invested £230,000 in an Epson SurePress L-4033AW digital label press with white ink to support its domestic and European...

Blunkett hails virtues of print at charity luncheon
Former Labour cabinet minister Lord David Blunkett addressed a packed Stationer’s Hall, London, for the annual The Printing Charity (TPC) luncheon yesterday (3 November).

Norton makes wide-format investment
Midlands-based Norton Printwear, Signage & Embroidery has invested in a used 1.4m-wide Roland Soljet XC-540 to handle an influx of wrapping and wallpaper jobs.

Flint launches LED inks for food packaging
Manufacturer Flint Group has launched a new range of EkoCure Ancora UV LED-curable low-migration inks for food packaging.

UKB expands site as demand grows
South West-based print finisher UK Bookbinders (UKB) has expanded its site by a third to increase its storage capacity and handle an influx of new jobs.

Cimpress posts Q1 loss
Web-to-print giant Cimpress will not be increasing the prices of the products it imports to the UK market because of the weak pound – yet.

Capoverde looks to UK to grow eco substrate sales
French textile manufacturer Capoverde is hoping to secure a distributor to bring its portfolio of wide-format polyester substrates, made from selectively filtered 100%-recycled plastic bottles, to the...

Romax overhauls MIS with Imprint investment
Romax has invested in a Management Information System (MIS) from Imprint-MIS to boost its efficiency and enable it to capitalise on growth opportunities.

Blink rounds off solid investment year with second Agfa purchase
Commercial printer Blink Print has invested in a six-colour Agfa Anapurna M2540i FB, its second Agfa purchase in the past 12 months.

Fine Images in for Canon imagePrograf
Digital printer Fine Images has purchased a dual-roll Canon imagePrograf Pro-4000 to assist in the printing of architectural plans and other large-format work.

Heritage spends £300,000 on site expansion
Heritage Envelopes has invested £300,000 in expanding its main site and has purchased a new waste extraction unit.

Call for memories of Monotype's Beatrice Warde
A PhD candidate is searching for post-war printing industry apprentices of the 1950s and 1960s who have personal memories of Monotype’s legendary publicity manager, Beatrice Warde.