Printing

500 million more pieces of direct mail are being opened and read compared with 2013, equating to an additional £1.6bn being added to the channel’s ROI, according to new research.

A new ISO task force has set to work on producing a PDF standard to guide production workflow decisions.

Print waste management specialist J&G Environmental has won contracts to provide waste removal services for Graphic Packaging International (GPI) and YM Group.

HP has launched four new 762mm-wide (30in) PageWide Web Presses.

The Professional Golf Association (PGA) European Tour is looking for printers for a number of different print services, in a bid to “rationalise” its print services supply base.

Fans of Barnsley Football Club will be able to re-live one of the club’s finest moments thanks to a local printer.

Thermal laminating machine supplier Komfi has introduced a book-edge printing machine that is specifically designed for digital UV printing on book edges using inkjet technology.

Drupa 2016 exhibitors seem to have summed up the show in two words: “exceeded expectations”.

First Move Direct Marketing has become the UK's first buyer of the Xerox (8b-A62) Trivor 2400, the 20in (508mm) production inkjet web launched by the manufacturer at Drupa.

Xerox (8b-A62) has sold the prototype of the new Direct to Object Inkjet Printer it is showing at Drupa.

Wyndeham Group owner Walstead has rescued Polestar’s Bicester operation with a deal to buy the equipment at the site and re-employ more than 300 staff.

Asahi Photoproducts is launching two new flexo plate products at Drupa, which will, the company said, improve both print quality and efficiency.