Topping the list of PrintWeek's annual run-down of the industry's most influential individuals, is Polestar's Barry Hibbert.

Manroland Sheetfed-owner Langley Holdings is set to acquire the German print chemicals group DruckChemie out of administration.

Communisis has maintained its momentum from the first six months of the year in Q3, according to its latest interim management statement (IMS), which confirmed that trading for the year was in line...

Leeds-based printer Pressision has invested £500,000 in digital print and finishing equipment as part of its three-year plan to grow its turnover by two-thirds from £1.5m to £2.5m.

West Yorkshire-based greetings card company UK Greetings will stop manufacturing in the UK by April 2015 and outsource production to North America and East Asia.

One of the two newsprint machines at UPM Shotton will be permanently shut down as part of a plan to cut a further 800,000 tonnes of European publication paper capacity.

MTEX Solutions has launched two new digital direct-to-textile printers, the entry-level 1.6m-wide MTEX Blue and the 1.85m-wide MTEX Vision, which is aimed at the transfer print market.

Signage and wide-format printer Display Signs is looking to increase its turnover and take on more staff after investing in an HP Latex 360 and a Summa F Series flatbed cutter.

Entries are open for Fespa’s 2015 Awards, with the winners set to be unveiled at next year's flagship show.

Heidelberg has made two further acquisitions – in consumables and software – but further restructuring is on the cards at the manufacturer’s core printing press operations.

Mercian Labels’ new factory in Burntwood, Staffordshire was formally opened by MP for Lichfield Michael Fabricant last Friday (7 November).

Self-adhesive label stock manufacturer Tenza Technologies has fallen into administration, resulting in the loss of around 70 jobs.