Disciplines

GPS pushing large-format boundaries
Graphic Print and Sign Co (GPS) has installed a new Dyss X7-3220C Superhead Conveyorised Digital Cutter to complement its new larger-format offering.

EBB to distribute Canon papers
Paper merchant Elliott Baxter (EBB) has launched a new partnership with Canon to distribute a number of its papers.

First Varioman press due for installation next year
Manroland Web Systems is to install the first of its new bespoke, hybrid web presses early next year as it looks to expand beyond its traditonal markets.

Whistl posts record profits despite sales slip
Whistl, the UK’s second largest postal services provider, has reported a boost in underlying profits despite a dip in sales in its first full year following its MBO.

Hague acquires Solchar
Print management firm Hague Print has resumed its stroll on the M&A path with its first 2017 acquisition.

A3 hones high-end offering with Versafire buy
A3 Design & Print has installed a new Heidelberg Versafire CP Digital Press, to aid with short-run digital work for high-end design agencies.

Xeikon makes inkjet move
Long-time toner exponent Xeikon is entering the inkjet market with a new UV inkjet drop-on-demand label press.

Boss Print launches new colour process
West London-based Boss Print has launched a new litho colour process that offers photographic, continuous tone-like image quality based on an expanded colour gamut with high definition screening.

Vellum Acts to be axed
The House of Commons has agreed a compromise with peers in the House of Lords that will put an end to centuries of printing new laws on vellum.

Oxuniprint upgrades with Komori
The printing division of Oxford University Press (OUP), Oxuniprint, has bought a new Komori Lithrone S29 H-UV to replace an ageing B2 Mitsubishi Diamond 1000 press.