Disciplines

Pureprint Group to open US operation
Pureprint Group is to open a new client service office in New York, its first outside the UK, and has plans to open a site in Asia within the next 18 months.

Weak pound puts paper prices under pressure
Printers and print buyers should be braced for double-digit paper price rises if the pound fails to strengthen against the euro, with one papermaker describing the current situation as “a...

Spandex ImagePerfect vinyls receive HP Media Certification
Signmaking and digital display supplier Spandex has received media certification for 10 of its ImagePerfect substrates for use with the HP Latex 300 series of digital printers.

YPP spends big on fifth anniversary
Large-format specialist Your Print Partner (YPP) has invested £1.5m in new premises and a raft of new kit on its fifth anniversary of trading.

Paramount Labels expands capabilities with Dantex buy
Paramount Labels has invested around £275,000 in a Dantex PicoColour UV inkjet digital label press to win new work and keep more of its existing work in-house.

Vale continues investment with post-press spend
Trade printer Vale Press has topped off a solid year of investment with the purchase of a Stahlfolder BH66.

Afinia Label UK launches five new label finishing machines
Narrow-web label printer manufacturer Afinia Label UK has launched two new label finishing systems and announced that three more are on the way.

Agfa Graphics unveils Fortuna 10 software
Agfa Graphics is set to launch the 10th version of its Fortuna security printing software.

Agfa proposes plate plant closure
Further consolidation of worldwide printing plate manufacturing appears to be on the cards, after Agfa proposed the closure of its Italian plate factory.

Cepac reveals £1m investment plans
Corrugated packaging supplier Cepac will be investing around £1m on extending its premises and increasing the size of its digital operation.