Demand up, input costs under control, and fewer firms in severe financial distress; while not exactly in full bloom during this year’s early onset of spring, the printing industry showed overall signs...

St Ives Clays has taken its digital investment to £2.5m over the past six months with the purchase of new Timson finishing equipment for its wide-web Timson T-Press and a Kolbus short-run hardback...

Henry Ling, the Dorchester-based printer of academic books and journals, has completed a £1m-plus investment in inkjet with Canon following the installation of an Océ VarioPrint 6250 for short-run...

The new owner of Advent Colour, the circa £8m turnover Andover-based commercial printer sold in a pre-pack deal a month ago, has been revealed in documents filed at Companies House.

Friedheim International has secured two new distribution deals for binding and converting equipment.

Eventureworks, the Falkirk-based printer of bespoke cycle jerseys and floor mats, has started running a second Roland VersaArt RE-640 wide-format printer, bought at last month’s Sign and Digital UK...

Prestige Sheldon in Birmingham has moved into digital printing with a Heidelberg Linoprint press to meet demand for shorter runs and personalisation.

Graphic Packaging, the US-based packaging multinational, does not expect there will be “any major restructuring” at Benson Group after it completed its acquisition of the UK company.

Ratcliff & Roper is building on strong demand from the higher education sector with an investment in a five-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster SX74.

Fujifilm is targeting volume sign and display printers with the launch of the high-volume flatbed UV Acuity F wide-format printer series, its OEM version of Canon’s latest Océ Arizona.