Digital

Axel Springer is set to become one of the world's biggest users of hybrid inkjet printing systems by next summer.

Aaron Printing is making its first foray into digital printing with the purchase of a Heidelberg Linoprint C751, as part of a £115,000 investment in new equipment.

Océ and Manroland Web Systems have teamed up to develop a digital printing and finishing system for newspaper and book production.

Wide format equipment reseller Stanford Marsh Group (SMG) is offering interest free loans on wide format rental agreements.

Machines that calculate postage and stamp automatically

Finishing manufacturer Unibind has developed its own digital foil printer to enable businesses to produce one-off foil designs.

Drayton Press, has acquired the order book and customer list of former Kall Kwik outlet, Gaia Services and invested 100,000 in equipment.

HP has sold four high-speed HP Indigo 7600 colour digital presses to Italian trade web-to-print firm Pixartprinting.

DSales, the UK distributor of Konica Minolta's standalone Develop brand , has unveiled a Develop-labelled mono-production print system aimed at commercial print and high-volume in-plant customers.

Fujifilm has sold an Acuity Advance HD printer to signage, POS and self-adhesive specialist Logoshack, a deal that supports the latter's expansion into new 10,000 square foot premises.

Unsecured creditors of the five operating companies of Alderson Print Group (APG) were owed a combined 5.1m at the time of their administration, according to the creditors report.

Fespa has announced plans for the fourth Fespa Fabric, which will take place at the Excel on 25-29 June as part of Fespa 2013.