A print company that co-sponsors the Brighton Fringe festival has singled out creative artwork for posters and flyers from an up-and-coming playwright as winner of a design competition.

More than 150 jobs have been saved following a management buyout of the Polestar Stones and Wheatons sites.

Adare Group is increasing its high-speed colour inkjet capacity by 50% with a £3.3m spend with Ricoh.

Print companies from the UK, supported by the British Printing Industry Confederation (Picon), have reported a good Drupa for sales and footfall.

Drupa 2016 exhibitors seem to have summed up the show in two words: “exceeded expectations”.

HP has announced double digit sales of its HP Indigo 30000 Digital Presses for folding carton applications.

Flint Group has launched two new offset inks, four LED and low-energy curing inks and two food-grade UV curing inks for food packaging printing on board and synthetics.

Spanish-based Clickar is showing its new Lala print product at Drupa, which it says is the first web-to-print programme with augmented reality.

Foiling specialist Kurz (3-D60) has sold two of its DM-Liner toner transfer foiling machines launched at Drupa, which it believes is the biggest such device in the world.

Swiss finishing specialist Steinemann (1-B18) has used Drupa and a strategic partnership with Heidelberg to expand its Dmax range of inkjet varnishing machines.

Insight Print Media hopes to break the £1m-turnover mark after expanding into new premises, buying two new machines and setting its sights on a third piece of kit.

One of London's largest reprographics and print houses ordered four new Canon digital toner production presses at Drupa to try and boost turnover by 20%.