Companies & suppliers

Bristol printer Ambassador Litho has relaunched as Gemini West for the new year following a major restructure across Gemini Group.

EFI is anticipating an uptick in its cyclical Fiery business driven by new product launches, including a new Xerox device that was "secretly" shown at last months' EFI Connect user conference.

Sign and display company Mint Signs has launched a traditional print and design business in response to the number of printers entering the exhibition market.

Arjowiggins is creating memories for the future with its Blank Sheet Time Capsule scheme for paper-based nostalgia.

Xerox has announced two new digital print engines aimed at in-plants, high street and commercial printers producing jobs ranging from photobooks and brochures to DM and catalogues.

Konica Minolta has launched two new additions to its Bizhub range for commercial print-on-demand applications.

Glossop Cartons is set to take on the world's first Highcon Euclid digital cutting and creasing machine.

Essex-based finishing company Finco has invested in a unit to create side seals along the vertical edges of newsstand publications.

De La Rue has highlighting increased competition and pricing pressure in the banknote paper market as it revealed that full year paper volumes are expected to be down 18% on 2011/12.

Entrepreneur Martin Reed bought White Horse Press Newbury in December 2012 after parent company Synergie group entered a Company Voluntary Arrangement on 17 August.