
Agfa in profit and boosted by efficiencies
A comparative decline in analogue film sales has hit turnover at Agfa Graphics, but the business pushed up profits and its industrial inkjet division was in the black for the first time last year.

Board-level changes at Heidelberg
Heidelberg chief executive Gerold Linzbach has made the first major changes to the firm’s senior management team since he joined the business 18 months ago.

Pitney Bowes develops parcel sortation offering
Pitney Bowes has entered into an OEM partnership with a third party to develop bespoke parcel sortation lines for courier firms and postal operators.

Xaar launches 1002 GS6 printhead for UV applications
Cambridge-based inkjet technology specialist Xaar has unveiled the next generation of its 2007-launched 1001 GS6 printhead, which it said would redefine the standard in single-pass printing.

Sun Chemical to unveil new soft signage ink at Fespa
Sun Chemical will launch the latest addition to its Streamline ink range at Fespa Digital 2014 in Munich.

Polar installs support Superior's digital growth
Design, print and fulfilment business Superior has bolstered its finishing department with the installation of a new Polar 78 N Plus guillotine, which replaces an EBA guillotine, and the addition of a...

Hull printer targets expansion
Digital print firm Ditto 4 Design has invested around £40,000 in its wide-format and finishing departments in response to steady growth.

Re-shaped St Ives grows print profits
St Ives has pushed up both sales and margins at its restructured print wing, alongside a huge jump in marketing services revenues at the acquisitive group.

De La Rue chief Cobbold gives export insights in Stationers' address
Outgoing De La Rue chief executive Tim Cobbold urged the industry to keep innovating and keep - or consider - exporting as he gave the Stationers’ Company annual lecture last night.

Printing.com founder to give W2P book Ipex launch
Managing director of Printing.com Tony Rafferty is to launch his new book, Web2Print MD2MD, at Ipex later this month.

Killer app: Octink spreads the love for London Fashion Week
Notorious for wearing very little, and indeed nothing at all in her Wrecking Ball video, controversial pop singer Miley Cyrus was nevertheless prominently featured on a London Fashion Week window...

3D technology – a model future for print?
Suddenly, all of your customers have become 3D print customers. At least in principle. On 16 January, Adobe added 3D printing support to Photoshop Creative Cloud, which is already used by pretty well...