Companies & suppliers

The first European orange ink upgrade of an HP Scitex FB7600 has been carried out at Birmingham's Fosco, Hayes & Hurdley.

Former print finisher Michael Carroll, 60, has been convicted of murdering his 64-year-old wife Elisabeth following a re-trial at Cambridge Crown Court.

Roland DG has announced an upgrade to its VersaCAMM print and cut series, the VS-i, which is up to 2,500 cheaper than its predecessor (at launch) despite being faster and having more colour options.

Distributor I-Sub Digital is to host three lots of open days to show off wide-format print and finishing kit from Agfa, Mimaki and Zund.

Fespa has granted full membership to the Bulgarian Association for Contemporary Graphics and Printing (BACGP) following completion of its two-year qualifying period.

St Ives Clays will up its digital printing capacity to 20m books a year with the installation of a fifth production line.

Paperlinx is to disband the Commercial Print division's centralised account management team it created at the start of this year in favour of "putting the power back into the branches".

Casepak chairman and founder "Bingo" George Smith has died, aged 77.

Print profit margins are up at St Ives as the group says it has achieved a "fundamental realignment" of its overall business.

Heidelberg UK has reported a boom in perfecting press sales in the 16 months since Drupa.