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Highcon: "absolutely a disruptive technology"

Highcon teams with CMYUK as UK partner

Highcon has appointed CMYUK as its new UK agent and go-to-market partner.

Martin: "Duplo was the obvious choice"

Colour Print upgrades bookletmaking with Duplo

Colour Print has upgraded its bookletmaking capability and efficiency after taking on a new Duplo DBM-600 System.

The new £50 note will be issued on 23 June 2021. Image: Bank of England

New Alan Turing £50 polymer note unveiled

The design of the new £50 polymer banknote featuring scientist Alan Turing, which will enter general circulation for the first time in June, has been unveiled.

YPO is seeking early supplier engagement for catalogue tender

Print tenders up for grabs

Three large print and postage contracts worth in excess of £7m are currently up for grabs via the government’s Find a Tender service.

The Karibu S can print at up to 330sqm/hr

Faster roll-to-roll printer heads up SwissQprint launches

SwissQprint has launched a range of new products, including the speed version of its Karibu UV roll-to-roll printer.

Bunker: “This is certainly a moment in time"

Compass flags window of opportunity for M&A finance

Compass Business Finance has flagged the looming deadline for “favourable” M&A financing using the government-backed CBILS scheme – but printers need to act fast to put things in place.

Before and after of one of the signs

Start-up sparkles school signs

Online wide-format start-up Signs Base has completed a project to revamp the signage across 16 schools.

Pleßke (far left) with the rest of the Koenig & Bauer board

Koenig & Bauer: sheetfed 'has bucked industry trend'

Koenig & Bauer expects to break even in the current financial year, after filing 2020 results that were “significantly better than the industry average”.

Certified printers and users can use the World Land Trust logo

More printers join Carbon Balanced Printer scheme

Another five companies have signed up to have their annual carbon emissions balanced through the Carbon Balanced Printer programme.

Boris Johnson pictured yesterday at BAE Systems, which makes good use of printed graphics. Image: 10 Downing St

Industry leaders reflect, one year on from lockdown

Industry bosses have been reflecting on a year like no other as the UK marks one year since prime minister Boris Johnson announced the first lockdown.