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Warwick Printing Company has become one of the first printers to purchase Ashgate Automation’s KF640 bookletmaker and trimmer with a squarefold in-line unit.

Fabric printer Stead McAlpin has invested in a second Aleph TXB-160S digital textile belt printer in order to expand its pigment capabilities.

MBA-Group has recruited a former Adare SEC director to spearhead growth in digital technology and wider communication services.

Bang Tidy Clothing has invested around £90,000 in new kit to enable it to offer a specialist dye-sublimation print service onto large-format aluminium sheets from substrate supplier Metal.

GD Web Offset and sister company EWO Media have switched to 24/7 working in order to absorb the work previously done on GD’s fire-damaged M4000, and the business has also secured fresh investment.

Print and design company Sherwin Rivers has invested around £60,000 in a Horizon SPF-200A bookletmaker with two Horizon VAC-1000 collating towers to boost its capacity and efficiency.

Anglia Labels has spent £500,000 to install a five-colour Domino N610i inkjet label press and adapt its operation to accommodate the new machine.

Multi Packaging Solutions (MPS) has installed the first Heidelberg press at its Belfast operation, a six-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106.

Xerox’s board has released an open letter to shareholders in response to what it described as “false and highly irresponsible fearmongering” by Carl Icahn.

OKI will show its new Pro9000 Series Envelope Print System at Fespa in Berlin next week.