MP for Stockport Ann Coffey visited print and finishing company Deanprint, which is based in the town, last Friday (27 February) to mark the firm’s 125th anniversary.

Kodak has launched what it claims is the world’s fastest black and white inkjet press, the Kodak Prosper 1000 Plus.

Printers looking to improve their knowledge of new digital applications, extend their services and bump up revenue are being offered workshop training.

Datagraphic has become the first company in the UK to acquire the Xerox Rialto 900 inkjet press as part of a seven-figure investment in new printing equipment.

Sales are up at Communisis for the fifth consecutive year and the group has secured a significant new financial services contract as it targets further growth in 2015.

Fespa Digital 2016 will return to its birthplace, the Amsterdam RAI, next year, while this year’s flagship event is inching towards being a sell-out with more than 95% of the floorspace taken.

Agfa Graphics has added support for electronic document distribution to the latest version of its StoreFront open web-to-print system.

McMordie Bros is boasting the first Mimaki JFX200-2513 grand-format LED UV flatbed printer in Ireland to help the company expand its direct-to-board printing and rigid substrate service.

CMYUK has opened a tailor-made showroom to anchor its place on the wide-format map and try to bump up its turnover by at least a fifth.

J Thomson Colour Printers has backed up a recent investment in MBO folders by replacing a Wohlenberg guillotine with a Polar 137 N Plus from Heidelberg, due to arrive this month.

Real Digital is due to take delivery of two Palamides Sima 220 automatic tray fillers this week on top of four recently installed models to bump up its production capabilities.

Metromail has invested more than £6m in Canon technology in a major overhaul of its digital production environment.