EFI and Konica Minolta have launched a new Fiery digital front-end (DFE) for Konica's bizhub Press 1052e and 1250e/P black and white digital printers.

German coatings and media manufacturer Sihl Direct has decided to discontinue its exclusive distribution contract with SwissQprint as part of a refocusing of its operations.

YM Group has made a further major expansion of its web offset capacity with the purchase of the 64pp short-grain press from the former Polestar Sheffield site.

Landa Digital Printing is hiring for a range of key technical and managerial positions as it inches towards the commercial launch of its Nanographic digital presses next year.

Card and invitation printer The Print Factory has invested £200,000 in a wide variety of kit, including a Xerox Versant 80 digital press, a Duplo DC-745 slitter-cutter-creaser and a Multigraf folder.

Trade printer Swanline Print Group has launched single-faced products, including a new flute profile for the UK corrugated industry, following its installation of Pivab rewinder technology.

Roland DG has announced the launch of two new wide-format eco-solvent printers in its TrueVis range, the 760mm-wide SG-300 and the 1.4m-wide SG-540.

Coatings and pressroom consumables manufacturer Ultrachem has rebranded and extended its water-based flexo ink, coatings and washes range.

Print and mail specialist DST UK has invested around £5m in new machinery for its Dagenham, Essex site in a bid to accelerate its migration to inkjet.

Manor Group is set to go into administration just two weeks after affiliated business Hastings Printing Company was shut down.

Mimaki has extended its JFX200 product range with the launch of the JFX200-2531 model, which offers an increased printing area and enhanced productivity.

Independent cartonboard and graphical board stockist Warren has started stocking Mayr-Melnhof Karton's folding boxboard (FBB) product Accurate Top Natural.