Trade print

Trade specialists thrive despite a gloomy forecast

Five years ago, people feared for the future of trade printers. All the noise in the industry was of businesses bringing services in-house, rendering the traditional trade supplier obsolete: what...

KCS Trade Print eyes new business with Domino investment

KCS Trade Print has installed the latest Domino inkjet heads onto its Tamarack integrated label lines to help it to win more work.

DCL Print expands Xerox fleet with Rialto 900 buy

Trade printer DCL Print has invested in a Xerox Rialto 900 Inkjet Press to support its growth and boost its flexibility.

Print Trade Suppliers acquires Print City

Print Trade Suppliers (PTS), a member of the Paragon Group, has acquired Print City for an undisclosed sum.

Quinn’s Belfast continues investment drive with Speedmaster XL 75 install

Online trade printer Quinn’s Belfast has bought an eight-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75 and a Muller Martini Bravo with Amrys stitching line to further increase its capacity.

Normanton Advertiser cuts maintenance costs with Polar spend

Commercial and trade printer Normanton Advertiser has invested in a Polar 56 ECO from Heidelberg to replace an older model.

Tangent shares fall further as Goodprint 'under-performs'

Tangent Communications has posted a 51.6% drop in operating profit for the six months to 31 August, following a collapse in profits at its Agency business, prompting a further 18.6% slide in its share...

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...

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...

DCL Print hires new managing director for Wotton-under-Edge site

Trade printer DCL Print has appointed Ben Turner as managing director of its site in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire.