Disciplines

Brett Martin signs distribution deal with Europoint
Brett Martin hopes to exploit the continued growth of the signage market by entering a distribution deal with wide-format substrate supplier Europoint.

Charity Arts social enterprise part of 'real return to print on paper'
A company contributing to a new social enterprise which sells screen-printed works of art to raise money for charity has noticed resurgence in the screen print market over the past five years.

Beatus Cartons opens innovation centre
A folding carton manufacturer is celebrating its 75th anniversary by opening a £600,000 innovation centre packed with new machines.

De La Rue confirms plans to cut banknote production
De La Rue has announced plans to reduce its banknote production and invest more in passport work, after completing its manufacturing footprint review.

Stafix extends Grip range for UV inkjets
Finnish manufacturer Stafix has expanded its Grip range of adhesive films to try and help users trim production costs.

Watermill Press invests in bespoke device to secure major contract
Labelling manufacturer Watermill Press has invested more than £100,000 in bespoke label finishing equipment to help it to secure a major contract worth £500,000.

Muller Martini plans connectivity theme for Drupa
Muller Martini aims to harness the zeitgeist around the so-called 'internet of things' and is promising to showcase 'Finishing 4.0' at next year’s Drupa exhibition.

Imail poised to launch 'pure play digital' W2P shop
Downstream access provider turned mailing house UK Mail is about to launch a new W2P shop, which it said will rival Vistaprint in scope and scale.

Impression boosts productivity with wide-format and digital investment
Bolton-based wide-format printer Impression has invested more than £150,000 in a DYSS X7-1624C digital cutting table with Superhead and a Konica Minolta bizhub Pro C1070 digital press.

Polestar poised to restructure finances
Polestar has brought in Deloitte to advise on a new financial structure for the group in the face of downgraded forecasts for the performance of the business.