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Ink manufacturer MagnaColours has launched a new eco-friendly standard for water-based inks used in textile printing that it expects to become the global standard within 12 months.

Ricoh has become the latest major manufacturer to sign up to PrintWeekLive!, where it plans to launch a new colour press.

Lucien De Schamphelaere, the founder of Belgian digital press manufacturer Xeikon, has died aged 85.

Falkland Press has invested in a central cooling system from Technotrans to help minimise waste on its ‘Push to Stop’ Speedmaster XL 106.

Packaging giant Coveris has invested £3m in its Cambridgeshire-based cartonboard division.

Imprimus, the recently rebranded Stralfors UK, is developing a partnership with Office Depot subsidiary, Vital Communications.

Cimpress has embarked upon a major restructure to decentralise its operations that will see thousands of jobs devolved into its business units and the departure of a number of senior executives.

The number of pieces of direct mail sent to deceased people annually is set to cross the 200 million mark for the first time in 2017.

Bakergoodchild has invested in a raft of kit to expand its transactional mail offering and has relocated to larger premises.

Lonsdale Direct Solutions has invested more than £200,000 in two pieces of kit from Duplo and a Watkiss SquareBack bookletmaker on the occasion of its 100th year of trading.