Business

"Please hold" telemessages cost printers dear, warns marketer

Printing firms risk losing business by leaving customers hanging on the telephone for more than 30 seconds, a survey has revealed.

Screen Europe relocates UK base

Japanese digital technology specialist Screen has relocated its UK office as part of a plan to centralise its European operations to the Netherlands.

Xeikon launches ICE toner and eyes global growth

Xeikon has unveiled a new dry toner for use on its digital label presses ahead of Labelexpo Europe 2013 where it hopes to boost its reach in the label converting market.

KBA confirms first RotaJet sale while internal restructure continues

KBA will continue the consolidation of its web offset division while maintaining tighter focus on boosting its sheetfed activities, shareholders at the company's AGM have heard.

Rocket eyes sustainable growth and new markets

Wide-format specialist Rocket Graphics is targeting sales of 5m next year on the back of an ambitious growth plan, centred on 350,000 investment on a site expansion, high profile appointments and kit...

Oriel Printing boosts colour management with GMG

Hull-based print firm Oriel Printing has installed GMG's ColorServer and InkOptimizer to improve colour management and reduce ink costs.

Goss Colorliner gets royal seal of approval at DC Thomson

The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall have visited DC Thomson to mark the official unveiling of the publisher's new print facility and Goss Colorliner Compact Printing System (CPS).

Heckford upgrades wide-format capability

Signage and display printer Heckford Advertising has invested in a new Mimaki JV5-160S to replace previous model.

Printing.com pre-tax profits fall by almost 29%

Printing.com pre-tax profits fell 28.8% to 890,000 (2012: 1.25m) on turnover of 20.66m in the 12 months to 31 March 2013, down 5.1%.

PressOn installs EFI Vutek QS2 Pro as part of £600,000 spend

Rochester-based PressOn has installed a EFI Vutek QS2 Pro 3.2m wide-format flatbed and roll-fed UV-curable printer as part of a £600,000 investment push.