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Cascade chooses Konica
Central London-based print and design specialist Cascade Group has installed a Konica Minolta bizhub Press C1085.

Greenshires streamlines finishing with Gluejet install
Commercial and wide-format printer Greenshires Group has installed a Bickers XY Robotic Gluejet in a bid to speed up the gluing process.

2016 and all that... December
No guesses as to which story dominated the news in 2016, the 20 most read stories on printweek.com for 2016 are all about Polestar. Nevertheless there was plenty else going on, not least of all...

Color Co invests in pre-press and new premises
Commercial and magazine printer The Color Company (Cheltenham) has invested more than £100,000 in an upgraded Heidelberg Suprasetter A75 and new pre-press software, along with taking up a lease for a...

Denny targets growth with latest acquisition
Label and leaflet specialist Denny Bros Group has acquired label manufacturer Richard Ching & Son, which becomes the tenth company to come under the Denny umbrella.

Stationers’ reveals new categories alongside 2017 awards launch
The Stationers’ Company has launched its 2017 Innovation Excellence Awards, for which it has introduced five new award categories.

AC Print cuts bottleneck with new guillotine
South Devon commercial litho and digital printer AC Print has upped efficiency after investing in the latest generation CCM Premier guillotine.

Saxon brings film lamination in-house
Corrugated specialist Saxon Packaging has invested in a Paperplast Dry 70 thermal film laminator to bring film lamination in-house.

Acquisitive Hobs aims to double turnover by 2020
Hobs Repro has acquired the Face Creative Services brand, after it fell into administration earlier this month, and plans further acquisitions as part of an ambitious growth strategy to near £70m...

Fiver firm Innovia acquired
Innovia Films, the producer of substrate for the controversial polymer £5 note, has been acquired by CCL Industries, in a deal worth around CAN$1.13bn (£680m).