The Stationers’ Company has launched this year’s Innovation Excellence Awards and is hoping to double the number of entries of last year’s inaugural awards.

Commercial printer On Demand has signed a five-year contract for Agfa’s new Azura TE direct-on-press plate in an agreement that also includes a new Avalon N4 platesetter.

Environment minister and North Cornwall MP Dan Rogerson has praised KCS Print for its continued success during a recent visit to its Launceston factory.

Smith & Ouzman sales and marketing director Nick Smith has been sentenced to three years in jail following an SFO investigation into corrupt payments made by the company.

Print and mail specialist CFH Docmail has invested £1.3m in new Pitney Bowes machinery, which will enable it to increase its personalisation services to small businesses.

Shares at Tangent Communications have fallen to a 52-week low after the firm axed its final dividend and warned on profits for the full year.

Finishing equipment distributor Terry Cooper Services (TCS) has signed a deal to distribute Hohner systems, including the Foldnak range, in the UK.

Mailroom equipment supplier Addressing & Mailing Solutions (AMS) will launch its first heavy stock printer, the AMS Illumina, at Label & Print 2015 later this month.

Just over two years after it scrubbed a mooted change in frequency following negative feedback from exhibitors, Drupa is to switch from a four-year cycle to a three-year cycle after next year’s show.

Large-format printer Design X-Press has moved to larger premises, invested in new HP and Summa machinery and won a number of new contracts.

Artisan Press has confirmed the details of its new management structure, alongside a new three-year strategy to take the business forward.

The enhanced productivity version of Agfa’s 2.5m-wide hybrid.