Business

Analyst: Xerox may need to raise HP bid
A financial analyst following Xerox has said the manufacturer may need to increase its bid for HP from $22-per-share (£16.89) to $26 in order to attract the company’s board and shareholders.

Cem Press assets up for auction
Machines and other assets belonging to specialist printer Cem Press are being sold via online auction.

Rapidity launches automated print platform Printflow
Rapidity has launched a new end-to-end automated print platform that enables their clients to access a customised portal to create and order their own marketing collateral, such as business cards and...

Kodak and Uteco install first Sapphire Evo hybrid press
Kodak and Uteco Group have now installed their first Sapphire Evo hybrid press at a customer site as Japanese printer Kinyosha takes delivery of the new machine.

Dayfold moves into SRA1 and acquires Emtone goodwill
Dayfold has expanded its offering by moving into SRA1, and has also acquired the goodwill of shuttered Bath printer Emtone.

BPIF launches final call for industry apprenticeship standard feedback
The BPIF has urged the print industry to support its bid to retain a crucial printing industry apprenticeship standard that could be under threat – with the deadline for valuable feedback at the end...

Government confirms investigation into i acquisition
Ofcom and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will investigate whether the Daily Mail and General Trust’s (DMGT) £50m acquisition of the i adheres to competition law.

Jarrold Museum resumes hunt for new home
The John Jarrold Printing Museum has resumed its search for a new home after plans to relocate it to a medieval church in Norwich fell through.

Emtone ceases trading
Specialist litho printer Emtone has gone into voluntary liquidation.

EFI chief calls for industry to 'lift itself up'
EFI CEO Jeff Jacobson used his inaugural Connect user conference opening keynote to ask the sector to do more to “lift itself up… because there's a lot of growth in this great industry”.