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Simpson Group has completed a £1.5m investment with the installation of a Crest 3200 X-Y RSC cutter.

Frome, Somerset-based printer PPS Commercial Print has invested in a Duplo Digital System 5000 bookletmaker to reduce its makeready times and benefit from full automation.

Papergraphics has moved into the hardware and software markets after becoming one of four Jetrix resellers in the UK.

Fledgling finishing and assembly company Forward Finishing has invested in new equipment and is due to move to larger premises to cope with rapid growth since opening last year.

Around 500 people attended the launch of a special pop-up paper and printing exhibition held by Arjowiggins as part of a Europe-wide initiative to promote print in London’s East End last night.

Fespa’s World Wrap Masters will return for next month’s Fespa 2015 exhibition in Cologne.

Unite has suspended strike action at Smurfit Kappa's Northampton corrugated facility while it awaits the outcome of an appeal against the sacking of two of its senior stewards at the plant.

BDT has patented a new application for its Tornado paper transport technology, to create shingled streams of media.

North Wolds Printers has taken on a new trainee and made its first major investment since the business changed ownership last summer.

Wyndeham Group has closed its Wyndeham Gait factory in Grimsby as part of a wider restructure of its sheetfed and web facilities that will involve significant expansion at one site.