Paragon Group UK has acquired the trade and assets of South Yorkshire-based Horner Brothers Print Group through a pre-pack administration.

Kate Russell, global business development and partnerships manager for augmented reality platform Layar, will join key speakers at this autumn's Two Sides and Print Power seminar.

Software developer SA International (SAi) will open a training, testing and demonstration centre in September at its new Brussels headquarters, to showcase its software.

Pepper Communications has said the high quality of the output from its new Konica Minolta bizhub Press C8000 digital colour system is due to a raft of "gizmos".

Derby-based print house Easibind International has teamed up with KBA to demonstrate the print potential of the Genius 52UV B3 press.

Nick Craig Waller is to leave the Informa Print Group after seven years to become head of marketing at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC).

Pureprint Group has bumped up quality and speed of digital finishing after buying a multiclamp automated Horizon BQ470 perfect binder and an HT30 robotic three-side trimmer.

Kodak is set to emerge from Chapter 11 on 3 September after the US Bankruptcy Court approved its reorganisation plan.

Paperlinx has recorded a loss of A$90.2m (52m) in its full-year results, a significant improvement on the loss of A$266.7m in 2011/2012.

Rhapsody has named ex-Express KCS consultant David Pritchard as its new business development executive. The company said the appointment was part of a strategy to help it expand into new markets.

The overall large and wide-format printer market in the UK contracted in the second quarter by 22% year-on-year, against a drop across western Europe of 14.6%.