Panda Press installs five-colour Hans Gronhi B3 press
Panda Press has invested in a new Hans Gronhi five-colour GH525 B3 press to save on costs and increase its productivity and quality.
Creative Graphics International sold in £11.3m BIMBO
Creative Graphics International (CGI) has been sold via an £11.3m buy-in management buy-out (BIMBO) supported by a combined debt and equity package from Mobeus Equity Partners.
St Ives seeks multichannel media analytics business
St Ives has said it will continue to make targeted acquisitions to expand its marketing services offering, as it posted its interim management statement for the period to 30 May 2014.
Kodak reveals Prosper 6000C beta site
Kodak has announced Minnesota, US-based commercial and direct mail printer Japs-Olson as the beta test site for the new 300m/min Prosper 6000C 4/4 inkjet web press.
Dufex looks to roll out innovative foiling finish through partnerships
UK-based foiling specialist Dufex Foils has developed an award-winning patented engraved aluminium foil embossing finish for luxury packaging, labels and POS applications and is looking for UK print...
Xaar profit warning prompts share price slump
Xaar has issued a profit warning ahead of its August interim results announcement, sparking a 23% slump in its share price.
I-Sub targets hardware sales boost with new hire
Wide-format print kit supplier I-Sub Digital has hired Sharon Redhead as its new business development manager.
API Foils boosts decorative foil production with £5m investment
API Foils has invested £5m in its Livingston manufacturing facility to keep pace with market demand and increase the quality and range of products it can produce.
60-seconds with Octink
The firm was founded in 1962 as Allsignsgroup, supplying signage to the oil industry before developing a specialism in the construction sector. A re-brand to Octink in 2009, using the image of an...
Overmatter: In vino veritas?
Wine and print together are Overmatter’s idea of the perfect story. At a Tesco not far from PrintWeek Towers someone with an oenophilic turn of phrase that would put Jilly Goolden to shame has hacked...
Why printers need to get better at self-promotion
Doctors are notoriously bad at diagnosing themselves, while police officers and lawyers have been known to forget the law when it comes to their own actions. And so it should come as no surprise that...
Micro-publishers put local papers back in headlines
Cheeky seagull nabs crisps’, ‘OAP driver hits lampost’ and ‘Early customers find Boots closed’. Just a few of the results to pop up should you Google ‘local news headlines’.