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Walstead expands with Spanish buy
Wyndeham Group owner Walstead has expanded onto the continent – and into gravure printing – with the acquisition of Be Printers' £100m turnover Spanish operations from Bertelsmann.

AIMS Group companies become official Lumi stockists
Companies in the AIMS group, the independent consortium comprising of 10 independent paper businesses, have become the official UK stockists of the LumiArt and LumiSilk paper brands.

Born Group appoints Sotheby’s catalogue printers following contract win
Digital agency Born Group has appointed Pureprint and Geoff Neal Litho to print and finish Sotheby’s catalogues after it won a multimillion-pound contract to handle the auction house’s catalogue...

GF Smith celebrates paper with new sample book
GF Smith has put samples of its entire paper range into one book – The Collection – for the first time.

Paper merchant interest in Tullis Russell Papermakers
Scottish paper merchant PG Paper has appointed a team of forensic accountants to look into the books of Tullis Russell Papermakers, following an approach to administrators KPMG.

InkTec looks to grow market share with "future-proof" move
Korean manufacturer InkTec wants to recruit new resellers following a 15% increase in turnover in 12 months and doubling the size of its UK base.

Antalis adds Priplak to its polypropylene range
Antalis has extended its plastic substrates portfolio with the addition of Priplak, a range of strong but flexible polypropylene sheets that can be used for a variety of applications.

Spandex launches new ImagePerfect magnetic range
Sign-making and display industry trade supplier Spandex has launched a new collection of high quality ImagePerfect printable substrates for use in magnetic applications.

Infigo seeks public votes to win Branson funding for expansion
Crawley-based web-to-print and cross-media marketing software developer Infigo Software intends to expand in the UK and North America if it wins business funding from Sir Richard Branson.

Bielomatik files for bankruptcy protection, plans restructure
Bielomatik – which makes Heidelberg’s CutStar among other products – has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in order to avoid insolvency.