Print buying

Royal Mail warns on 'unfettered' competition

Marketing mail revenues are up by 5% at Royal Mail, while its parcels business is being revamped with new options in the face of stiff competition and the adverse affects of Amazon’s own delivery...

Precision Printing acquires majority stake in First2Print

Precision Printing has acquired a controlling stake in North East-based trade printer First2Print and launched a digital wallcovering joint venture as it looks to expand into wide-format and trade...

Fuji launches its fastest workflow to date and tablet-friendly XMF Remote

Fujifilm has launched version 6 of its XMF workflow, which it claimed sets a new benchmark in processing capability for variable data work and is the first full integration of Adobe’s Mercury RIP...

History of Monotype explored in new book

A new book charting the history of Monotype has been published, and includes a dedication to the late PrintWeek columnist and print historian Lawrence Wallis.

Vistaprint announces major tech spend and name change

Vistaprint has announced plans to invest "hundreds of millions of dollars" in a next-generation software platform that will aggregate orders from across its growing portfolio of customer-facing brands...

Communisis hails continued revenue growth in Q3 IMS

Communisis has maintained its momentum from the first six months of the year in Q3, according to its latest interim management statement (IMS), which confirmed that trading for the year was in line...

UPM cuts capacity, Shotton's PM1 among closures

One of the two newsprint machines at UPM Shotton will be permanently shut down as part of a plan to cut a further 800,000 tonnes of European publication paper capacity.

Trinity Mirror printing revenue down 6% since interim results

Printing revenue at Trinity Mirror has fallen 6% in the 17 weeks to 26 October, according to the publisher's latest interim management statement, compared with a 3% increase in the first six months of...

Grafenia makes progress with new offerings

Half-year sales are down again at Grafenia, but margins are up and the firm’s new Marqetspace offering is on course to be a £1m business by the year-end.

Ricoh customer: new VC60000 will switch work from offset to inkjet

The first purchaser of Ricoh’s new Pro VC60000 colour inkjet web has said the press has changed his mind over the potential shift from offset to inkjet.