
Fespa promotions target global growth
Fespa has promoted two exhibition managers to head up growth of the event in new and emerging markets such as Africa and South America.

Surface Print Company makes first wide-format digital investment
Lancashire-based wallpaper printer The Surface Print Company has invested in its first two digital wide-format printers as it looks to tap into the growing market for digitally-printed wallpaper.

Overmatter: Custom-printed catsuits
The rush of pre-Christmas book launches has resulted in a flurry of print runs, some more substantial than others.

60 seconds with: Remous
Remous founder Graham Bunter started off writing and publishing a magazine about stock cars, which he printed in his garage. More and more people asked if he could supply print for them, and the...

Landa forecasts market growth in white paper
Landa Corporation has forecast 4.5% annual market growth through to 2016 for one of its core markets as it gears up for next year's launch of its first nanographic printing press, the S10FC, in Q4...

Downton saves Charles Gee Group subsidiary from liquidation
Independent logistics business CM Downton has bought the Charles Gee Group subsidiary C&H (Hauliers), a major supplier to UK newspaper printers, from administrators FRP Advisory.

MCM launches XMPie software as a managed service offering
Multi Channel Machine (MCM), an offshoot of Flyte Associates consultancy, has become the first company to offer XMPie cross-media software as a software as a managed service (SAAMS) solution.

Mimaki to unveil latest wide-format flatbed
Mimaki is to debut a new wide-format LED UV-cured flatbed inkjet, the JFX200-2513, next week.

UK dubbed a bad place to manufacture by Grangemouth boss
Jim Ratcliffe, founder of Ineos - the company that owns the Grangemouth petrochemical plant, has criticised the hostile environment in the UK for manufacturing businesses, according to reports.

Comment: Print is finally getting its mojo back
Over the past few months there has been a tangible air of excitement in PrintWeek Towers in the run up to last week’s Awards.

Johnston Press in 'crunch talks' with lenders
Johnston Press has reportedly hired the investment bank Rothschild as it prepares to enter discussion with its lenders over its £306m net debt.
Brace of post-press vendors commit to Ipex
Two leading post-press vendors have thrown their weight behind the resurging Ipex 2014, with both promising product launches at the March 2014 show.