Companies & suppliers

North Plains buys Xinet to form largest pure-play DAM in print

North Plains has acquired rival digital asset management (DAM) vendor Xinet for an undisclosed amount to form "the largest pure-play DAM vendor" in the print industry.

Domino's egg venture doubles in value

Domino Printing Sciences has made a $24m (15m) paper profit on its investment in US-based egg monitoring firm TEN Media after the venture was valued at $500m by a new investor.

Calverts chosen for Wrangler's seasonal Look Book

London-based print and design co-operative Calverts has been chosen as the first UK printer to produce clothing company Wrangler's European seasonal Look Book.

Showcard Print to undergo 15m MBO

Showcard Print, the Letchworth-based point-of-sale business, is set to undergo a 15.25m management buyout (MBO) from parent group Havelock Europa.

Durst unveils P10 series wide-format printers

Durst has unveiled a new series of UV printers, the P10, which can produce "fine art" quality output at resolutions up to 1,000dpi.

Extra Newspapers celebrates launch of hyper-local newspapers

Start-up newspaper publisher Extra Newspapers has celebrated the launch of its first hyper-local newspapers.

Ripon Printers acquires Sells Printing

Ripon, WI-based Ripon Printer has acquired the presses and other assets of New Berlin, WI-based Sells Printing as it looks to expand its capabilities in printed catalogs, publications, manuals, and...

Heidelberg USA launches entry-level digital line in North America

Heidelberg USA announced this week that it is bringing several new digital presses to the North American market, with the goal of providing traditional offset commercial printers with entry-level...

Looks like a case of B2 or be square at this year's Drupa

In case you missed the flurry of announcements, it seems Drupa will be the B2 digital show.

EFI makes fresh assault on screen printing with Orion

EFI will unveil a new digital press that it believes can replace wide-format screen printing at Drupa (Hall 05, stand C01).