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Multi Packaging Solutions (MPS) has claimed to be the world’s first company to invest in an 18-unit Heidelberg packaging press.

Heidelberg’s new chief executive plans to revamp the manufacturer’s organisational structure to align it with “the digital future” and also has a number of potential acquisitions in his sights.

Multi Packaging Solutions (MPS) has been confirmed as the first pilot customer for Heidelberg’s B1 sheetfed inkjet press, the Primefire 106.

Watkiss Automation has confirmed that it will exhibit at next month’s PrintWeekLive!.

John Brailsford Printers has invested in two Ricoh large-format plotters and two Gera plan folders to boost its technical drawing printing offering.

St Ives has been dealt another blow with the loss of its contract to produce monochrome books for HarperCollins, which will result in a multimillion-pound hit to the group’s sales and profits.

GI Solutions Group has bought Eclipse Web, which includes Eclipse Colour, Eclipse 4DM and Direct Link, in a deal that creates a circa £80m print powerhouse.

A man died yesterday following a collision with a lorry in UPM Shotton’s recovered-fibre warehouse in Deeside.

Alan Rigglesford, the former managing director of recently liquidated Clicks Print, has been appointed managing director of fellow London-based printer Kingswood iOptus.

Wide-format kit reseller Printmax has signed up for next month’s inaugural PrintWeekLive! and plans to show a range of Roland DG kit on its 27sqm stand.