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Agfa launches Jeti Mira and Tauro wide-format printers
Agfa’s new flatbed and roll-to-roll wide-format UV inkjet printers, the Jeti Mira and Jeti Tauro, will have their European debuts at Fespa 2015 in Cologne next month.

Speculation mounts over Paperlinx bids
PrintWeek understands that two bids have been tabled for the Paperlinx UK businesses in administration with Deloitte and a deal to salvage something from the operations could be imminent.

New law to tackle illegal use of print machinery to come into force
New legislation for England and Wales aimed at tackling the illegal use of specialist printing equipment has come into force.

New structure for CPI UK
A restructure of CPI Group’s UK operations has resulted in the departure of two senior executives and two high-profile returnees to the book printer’s revamped management team.

Premier Paper becomes exclusive UK stockist of Advocate
Independent paper merchant The Premier Paper Group has been appointed as the exclusive UK stockist of Tullis Russell's Advocate paper product range, which was previously sold by Paperlinx.

Thomas Loughlin boosts productivity with two Horizon VAC-1000s
Merseyside trade finisher Thomas Loughlin (Liverpool) has invested in two Horizon VAC-1000 collating towers, which it hopes will continue its 8% year-on-year growth.

HP plans family of PageWide large-format printers
HP is readying a family of high-speed large-format printers around its new PageWide single-pass printing technology.

Fespa Fabric opens 2015 ‘Design a tee’ competition
The Fespa Fabric 2015 ‘Design a tee’ printed t-shirt competition has opened for entries.

Paperlinx buys more time to unpick European finances
Paperlinx has requested that its shares be suspended for a further eight days, until 16 April, while it attempts to deal with the knock-on effects of events in the UK on its European operations.

Kolorcraft installs UK's first Tapejet as part of major capex programme
Kolorcraft has installed the first Bickers Tapejet outside of Germany and France ahead of the machine's official launch at Fespa 2015 next month.