Companies & suppliers

HP used Graph Expo to showcase its Indigo 10000 B2 digital press as well as several web-to-print solutions as it looked to continue its sales growth trend despite the uncertain print environment.

Unibind managing director Tsol Keoshgerian has become the sole shareholder of the Horsham-based binding manufacturer and has targeted future growth outside its core manufacturing business.

Government plans to allow workers to trade employment rights for tax-free shares under new "employee-owner" contracts from April 2013 have split opinion in the print industry.

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Schawk has launched what it claims is the industry's first cloud-based platform for objectively measuring print quality, particularly in relation to the accurate and consistent reproduction of colour.

Workers will be able to sign away some of their employment rights in exchange for shares of up to 50,000 in the business they work for, under a radical plan to rewrite UK employment law.

Benford UV has appointed Abu Dhabi-based Giffin Graphics as its first ever agent directly dealing with customers in the Gulf region.

Laminator manufacturer Foliant has made its first UK sales of the Mercury 530 SF and 400 SF.

Repropoint this week opened the doors of its Woking premises to 25 staff from finishing manufacturer Duplo.

Cambrian Printers will hold a relaunch party in London on 10 October after flood damage this summer stopped all production at its Aberystwyth factory.