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Trade & Discount Signs has continued a seven-year relationship with Agfa by taking on a new Anapurna H1650i LED system to replace an older model.

Landa Digital Printing, the largest of the Landa Group’s 18 companies, has taken on Asher Levy as its new active chairman.

Route 1 Print is in the process of installing a B1 format MGI Jetvarnish 3D Evo 75 embellishment press from Konica Minolta, the first of its kind in the UK with iFoil L hot-foiling capabilities.

Heidelberg has unveiled its latest generation Speedmaster presses, which it calls “the most intelligent and most automated” to date.

CIM Signs & Graphics has installed a Canon Océ Colorado 1650 wide-format printer that has increased its throughput to four times the previous rate.

Stag Print Services has invested in an Ashgate Kasfold 640 hand-fed bookletmaker in order to enhance its in-house capabilities.

Monotype has acquired London-based boutique type foundry Fontsmith to boost its expertise and bolster its already extensive typeface library.

HP has called Xerox “a company of questionable value” after the business, which continues to pursue a hostile takeover of HP, reported a 6.2% revenue drop for 2019 and a 2.2% decline in Q4.

Curtis Packaging’s former managing director and chairman Peter Curtis has passed away aged 89.

A financial analyst following Xerox has said the manufacturer may need to increase its bid for HP from $22-per-share (£16.89) to $26 in order to attract the company’s board and shareholders.