Pre-media

Cerm boosts cloud offering with Omikai Systems buy
MIS supplier Cerm aims to fast-track its cloud offering after acquiring Swedish developer Omikai Systems.

Design boss barred over BBL
The boss of a specialist textile pattern design business has been barred for abuse of the Bounce Back Loan scheme.

FD disqualified over false invoices
The finance director of a pre-media business has received a lengthy ban after raising false invoices that totalled more than £325,000.

Books celebrated at BBD&P Awards
The Folio Society was a big winner at the British Book Design & Production Awards.

Dataline to highlight margin gains at HID
Dataline will focus on how printers can improve margins by doing away with “hidden costs” at next month’s Hunkeler Innovationdays.

Take your bottom-line to the top
As the New Year dawns, InSoft Automation looks at how the industry has changed and how one UK print business partner embraced technology to help it thrive.

Star product: Heidelberg Prinect Touch Free
Not quite out of the development phase, Heidelberg’s latest workflow tool is intended to drive workflow optimisation and helps reaffirm the manufacturer’s commitment to digital print tech.

Epson completes Fiery buy
Epson has completed its acquisition of Fiery.

Kodak eyes $550m-plus pension scheme windfall
Kodak could benefit from a whopping $585m (£464m) windfall – more than the current value of the entire company – if plans to sell off its pension fund come to fruition.

Bakergoodchild launches new SaaS platform
Bakergoodchild is poised to go live with a new software platform to simplify production of direct mail jobs.