Woking-based litho and digital printer Optichrome has brought its mailing and fulfilment in house with the installation of a KAS Mailmaster.

Colourstream Litho in Derby has bought a PitStop digital creaser and perforator to increase efficiency on short-run print jobs.

UK finishing equipment distributor Encore Machinery has been appointed as the sole distributor for French manufacturer JUD.

Distribution company Deya has beaten off competition from three other suppliers to win the sole-supply five-year delivery contract for the Yellow Pages.

Belfast-based GPS Colour Graphics has boosted its environmental credentials with FSC and PEFC certification, demonstrating that the printer sources paper from sustainably managed forests.

Print manufacturer Manroland has suffered a sharp drop in income in the first half of 2008, but tighter cost control kept it in the black, according to reports filed by parent company Allianz.

Commercial digital print specialist Dialogue Solutions has turned its head to UV in a bid to become more environmentally friendly.

Print distributor Graphic Arts Equipment is planning to exhibit a range of printing equipment for high-street, in-plant and commercial customers at the Total Print! Expo in London this autumn.

M Partners, the official GUK and Steinemann distributor in the UK, will be watching the Olympics particularly closely tomorrow as it is the sponsor of British Olympian Steve Scott.

REACHReady, a subsidiary of the Chemical Industries Association, has run a training event on pre-registration for new European legislation called REACH, which could affect the print supply chain.