Trade print

Fast-growing trade printer Route One Print has purchased a new 10-colour B2 Speedmaster XL 75, in line with its rapid growth.

Northside Graphics, a commercial and online printer, has launched a new online trade service the week after winning an e-commerce award.

Ireland-based trade printer Walsh Colour Print has signed for three Komori (15-D04) presses at Drupa, in a deal worth around €6m (£4.7m).

My oh my, how the trade printing market has changed.

Grafenia has described its new Printing.com subscription model as producing “encouraging” results, while its Marqetspace trade printing service is running ahead of target.

A Yorkshire-based print company has boosted the size of its team by a quarter after a series of appointments as it looks to expand in 2016 with a new B2 press.

Unitedprint has started giving away its white label “W2P 3.0” software for free in a bid to become a “sales partner” to UK print companies.

Trade repro house Willows Magic has plugged into the cachet of the Heidelberg brand by installing a Linoprint CV digital press.

Vistaprint Cimpress is testing out a DIY business cards service on Amazon.com in the US, but has not revealed whether or not it plans to roll out the scheme in other markets, such as the UK

Global print-on-demand giant Cimpress has established its first UK manufacturing base with the acquisition of PrintWeek Company of the Year Tradeprint.