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Polestar targets new contracts with Canon Océ digital spend
Polestar Applied Solutions has invested in an Océ ColorStream 3500 and four Canon Océ VarioStream 8650 continuous feed printers to boost capacity both for white paper solution printing and pre-printed...

Coveris buys second UK packaging firm in three months
Acquisitive packaging group Coveris has bought its second UK firm in three months with a deal for £20m turnover Learoyd Packaging.

Tangent shares fall on profit warning
Print sales are up at Tangent Communications but the group has issued a profit warning on the back of a poor performance at its agency operation, causing a near-20% drop in its share price.

Magazine ABCs show net circulation increase in first half of 2014
Average net magazine circulation in the UK increased by 1.2% to 33.4m in the first six months of 2014, despite a mixed performance by some of publishing's biggest brands.

Adare targets new contracted volumes following 'significant' kit upgrade
Adare managing director Barry Crich said that the completion of a seven-figure kit upgrade has delivered a 25% uptick in capacity and enabled the transactional printer to bring in new contracted...

Multiprint boosts cutting with new Polar
Multiprint has upgraded its cutting with a new Polar 78 N Plus guillotine from Heidelberg.

Ownership change for major print manager
A major consolidation play is underway in the business supplies sector, which will affect the ownership of one of the UK’s biggest print managers.

Paperlinx hails progress as losses narrow in 2014 results
Chief executive Andrew Price has hailed the "significant improvement" in Paperlinx's underlying result as the merchanting group posted its accounts for the year ended 30 June 2014.

Industrial Inkjet launches iS series print engines
Industrial Inkjet has launched a new range of single-pass print engines, the Colour iS and MonoPrint iS range, which offer a smaller drop size and higher image quality than its current iM series print...

Hobs Reprographics helps Hitachi's high-speed train launch
Hobs Reprographics’ dedicated bid and proposal team, TeamTender, was instrumental in last month’s launch of Hitachi’s AT100 and AT200 electric commuter trains.