Printers

Avantika Printers, who were adjudged as Digital Printer of the Year at PrintWeek India Awards 2011, has another reason to celebrate.

St Ives has acquired the Bath-based data marketing business Response One Holdings in a deal that could be worth up to 19m.

Deepika Arwind spends time at the Bengaluru-based unit and finds out that the press is head ed by a man who is an innovator and a visionary who beleives in retaining all his print buyers.

The government's SME tsar has warned that it may take years to change the culture of wasteful and inefficient public sector tenders.

Clays is ramping up its digital book printing capability with a 5m spend on new kit, allowing the firm to offer publishers a wider range of print-on-demand options.

Contego Packaging has moved to a state-of-the-art 50,000sq ft carton production facility in Portsmouth and bought a new Komori press, following its acquisition by Platinum Equity in March.

The three-day Wan-Ifra 2011 Conference & Expo kicked off on 6 September 2011 at Chennai Trade Centre with 500 delegates comprising the who's who of the newspaper publishing.