Disciplines

GF Smith creates crowd-sourced photobooks to showcase papers
GF Smith is publishing a 100-page crowd-sourced photobook to provide “an authoritative tool for the print buyer and photographer”.

Engelmann and Buckham announces rebrand
Machinery supplier Engelmann and Buckham has announced a rebrand to reflect “extensive recent business changes”.

Tharstern joins Coca-Cola and Rolex as one-name company brand
MIS company Tharstern has rebranded to support its global ambitions, distilling its various company names down to one word.

Flint Group buys Xeikon; announces new digital division
Flint Group has agreed to acquire the majority shareholder of Xeikon, XBC BV, and use the press and consumables manufacturer as the basis of a new digital division.
Adapt, rather than die
Jo Francis wonders whether some of our major magazine publishers have lost the art of reinvention.

Americk Packaging acquires Adare Advantage
Americk Packaging has acquired Adare’s packaging business, Adare Advantage, for an undisclosed sum.

Benchmark Reprographics installs Canon Océ Arizona flatbed
Benchmark Reprographics has taken delivery of a Canon Océ Arizona 460 GT, as the manufacturer said 5,000 had been sold worldwide.

Amberley Labels boosts productivity with HP Indigo WS6800 buy
Amberley Labels has bought an HP Indigo WS6800 Digital Press and upgraded an existing WS6600 to a WS6800 specification to boost its capacity and productivity.

Druckfarben expands again
Druckfarben, which relocated its blanket department to Corby, Northamptonshire, three months ago, has expanded again with an investment totalling around £500,000

Heidelberg shows LED UV option
Heidelberg has described its newly launched LED option as the “most energy-efficient LED UV system on the market”.