Consumables
Ink makers pledge: you can have it all
The favourite phrase of mums everywhere: ‘you can’t have everything’. Or sometimes: ‘you can’t have your cake and eat it.’ Until recently this was also a favourite of wide-format kit vendors, in...
Spandex Asia-Pacific acquires two wide-format suppliers
Spandex Asia-Pacific has purchased two Australia-based suppliers to the wide-format signage and display industries.
Antalis completes deal for Xerox office and digital papers
Antalis has completed the purchase of Xerox’s €300m-turnover (£253m) European office and digital papers business, with UK, Ireland and South Africa managing director David Hunter saying the...
APS launches wide-format textile range
Signage and display materials supplier All Print Supplies (APS) has added three new products to its digital textile portfolio.
Paperlinx in strategic partnership with DHL
Paperlinx is to partner with DHL on "a number of strategic initiatives" that could potentially lead to the logistics group eventually taking over from the merchant's The Delivery Co logistics arm.
International Paper relaunches improved JetSet and JetStar papers
International Paper has re-launched two brands of papers for high-speed inkjet printing following an upgrade at its Saillat mill in France.
Greenpeace cautiously optimistic on APP forestry policy headway
A report from environmental lobby group Greenpeace has given qualified approval to the work Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) has undertaken to end the practice of deforestation in its supply chain.
Banks battle to tear up knock-off notes
An official-looking serial number, distinctive green hues and an intricately rendered and suitably regal Queen. Even scrutinising this 1990 £5 note far more closely than I would normally, I can't see...
HP launches new clear varnish ink for Scitex FB7500 and FB7600
HP Scitex has launched a clear varnish ink for use with its FB7500 and FB7600 printers, enabling selective varnishing and 3D effects to be added when printing super wide-format graphics.
Boss celebrates 30 years at RM (Rotary) Services
RM (Rotary) Services managing director Alistair Sawyer is celebrating 30 years at the supplier of punching tools to the print industry.