Disciplines

Manroland Sheetfed makes profit for Langley Holdings despite sales fall

Manroland Sheetfed owner Langley Holdings has reported that the division increased its contribution to group profits in 2014.

GT4 Group acquires Creative Colour Bureau (CCB)

GT4 Group, owner of Glasgow-based labels and packaging printer Gavin Watson and creative agency GT4, has acquired fellow Scottish commercial printer Creative Colour Bureau (CCB) in an all-share deal.

YPS becomes learning partner for pioneering school

Your Print Specialists (YPS) has been appointed as a learning partner at ‘project-based learning’ school Studio West Newcastle after installing an Epilog laser-engraver and Mimaki wide-format inkjet...

Mission Labels invests £100k in UK's first ThermoFlexx CTP

Mission Labels has made the leap from film to CTP with a £100,000 investment in the UK's first ThermoFlexx flexo imager from Belgian manufacturer Xeikon.

Mimaki launches small-format cutting table for small lot and prototype production

Mimaki has launched the CFL-605RT Compact Flatbed Cutting Plotter for the production of prototypes, samples and small lots of products and packaging.

China slowdown hits Heidelberg results

A slowdown in sales in China has hit Q3 results at Heidelberg, and while operating performance has improved, restructuring costs have propelled the group’s bottom-line loss to €95m (£71m).

New board structure at Artisan

There’s change at the top of Artisan Press with the departure of two long-standing directors at the business.

Paperhat hits £8.5m M&A spend with CTI Digital purchase

London-based print marketing communications business Paperhat Group has acquired the Manchester-based digital agency CTI Digital for an undisclosed sum.

Color-Logic brings metallic effects to flexible packaging

Color-Logic has added support for flexible films and shrinkwrap materials to its eponymous metallic effects software.

AC Print increases in-house folding options with Horizon buy

Commercial printer AC Print has invested in a Horizon Crossfolder AFC-566 AKT to improve its turnaround times and enable it to offer additional in-house folding options to its customers.