Print buying

<i>PrintWeek</i>, the UK's leading title for the printing industry, is to be acquired by Mark Allen Group and be relaunched as a fortnightly magazine.

North Plains has launched the first two products to use its new ConnectR technology, for clients of its Xinet production asset management system (formerly Xinet WebNative).

EFI has unveiled SmartSign Analytics (SSA), a system that automatically captures and analyses signage viewership and engagement data.

Akiyoshi Ohno, president of Konica Minolta Inkjet, will give a keynote presentation at an upcoming IIJ seminar about product decoration.

Talking Print, the audio and video embedded print specialist, was responsible for the audio element of Tom Aikens triumphant chicken egg / egg chicken starter on this year's Great British Menu.

Magazine and newspaper publisher DC Thomson has launched a new title aimed at a "new generation" of girls that want to learn about craft making.

Web-to-print company Pixartprinting bounced into the Easter market with seasonally themed boxes.

Royal Mail's competitors could face regulatory intervention in future if Ofcom considers them to be posing a "material threat to the provision of the universal service".