Companies & suppliers

Interpublic and Pitney Bowes partner on Orion Printing
Interpublic Group (IPG) subsidiary Orion Holdings has partnered with Pitney Bowes to create Orion Printing, a managed print services provider for IPG agencies and their clients worldwide.

Paperlinx's Toby Marchant to give way to interim chief executive Dave Allen
Paperlinx chief executive Toby Marchant is to leave the company at the end of July following completion of the paper merchant's 12-month strategic review.

Me & my: Polar PACE cutting system
When an increasingly heavy workload led this business to seek out a new cutting system, it turned to a familiar and trusted supplier

Star Product: HP Indigo 10000
The manufacturer claims this B2 press meets 98% of the sector's requirements and says it will "change the way people look at digital print"

SBC brings Laminator machines to the UK
Spiral Binding Company (SBC) has added the LAM-50 CA and LAM-502 laminators to its portfolio.

F1 appoints Grobler to head-up web and mobile development team
F1 Colour has continued to strengthen its web application services with the appointment of Pieter Grobler to the newly-created role of senior developer.

Global Graphics expands RIP deal with HP
HP has chosen Global Graphics' "digital" RIP, the Harlequin Host Renderer 3 (HHR3) to power its newly-released HP Print Module imprinting stations.

Service Graphics decks out GSK building again for Olympics
The large-format print provider has produced and installed its second giant Olympic design on GlaxoSmithKline's London headquarters.

IPIA Summer Networking Lunch nearing capacity
There are limited spaces still available to book a place at the IPIA Summer Networking Lunch this Friday (20 July).

UPDATE 2: Gardners bought out of administration
Cardiff-based large format printer Gardners has been bought by a team led by ex-Bezier director Richard Courtney after being placed into administration last week (13 July).