Print buying

Brand-it shows new concept at Fespa
Printable cardboard furniture specialist Brand-it has showcased a new “sound and light” concept product at Fespa.

Humoled shows 'animated' LED lightbox
An innovative lightbox that combines a static printed graphic with a moving animated effect is now commercially available in Europe.

New UK agent for Feldmuehle post-Paperlinx
A new paper agent has emerged from the ashes of Paperlinx UK, and the firm has teamed up with newly independent German mill Feldmuehle Uetersen.

Artisan Press goes into administration
UPDATED: Artisan Press has gone into administration with Deloitte, just three months after the family owners announced a three-year plan to “right size” the business.

Pixartprinting boosts capacity with Durst Rho 1312 buy
Pixartprinting has become the first Italian company to install the packaging version of the Durst Rho 1312 flatbed printer.

Adare plans security print integration
Adare Group is uniting its Kalamazoo Secure Solutions and Adare Limited operations under a single brand and management team.

Lecta clarifies Paperlinx bad debt
Lecta, which was widely expected to have a major exposure to Paperlinx, has put a figure on its likely bad debt with the merchant.

PCP boosts binding firepower with new Kolbus kit
Precision Colour Printing has more than doubled its perfect binding capacity with the installation of a new binding line from Kolbus.

Walstead expands with Spanish buy
Wyndeham Group owner Walstead has expanded onto the continent – and into gravure printing – with the acquisition of Be Printers' £100m turnover Spanish operations from Bertelsmann.

Born Group appoints Sotheby’s catalogue printers following contract win
Digital agency Born Group has appointed Pureprint and Geoff Neal Litho to print and finish Sotheby’s catalogues after it won a multimillion-pound contract to handle the auction house’s catalogue...

GF Smith celebrates paper with new sample book
GF Smith has put samples of its entire paper range into one book – The Collection – for the first time.

Infigo seeks public votes to win Branson funding for expansion
Crawley-based web-to-print and cross-media marketing software developer Infigo Software intends to expand in the UK and North America if it wins business funding from Sir Richard Branson.