Digital

Hatch Print has become the first UK printer to receive official accreditation from the Vegetarian Society.

Xaar hopes to make “at least one” acquisition this year and the business has maintained its ambitions to boost sales by more than £100m in order to achieve its 2020 growth target.

Delga Press will be the first UK firm to run an HP Indigo 12000 HD for dedicated packaging applications when it installs the machine at the start of April.

Komori UK has appointed John Harrison as its first-ever head of digital and finishing sales in a bid to increase its prominence in the digital printing market.

Riso has already secured pre-orders from a number of UK customers for its new T2 high-speed colour inkjet printer.

Adare Secure Essential Communications (SEC) has now gone live with the UK’s first Hunkeler CS8 cross-cutter, signalling a 20% increase in speed upon its predecessor.

Ricoh UK has launched a new series of digital sheetfed colour presses to offer print and graphic arts companies more colour options and the chance to trim operational costs.

CS Labels will relocate to a new manufacturing facility and bring in a raft of new Xeikon label presses as part of a £3m investment, described as a “logical progression” for the firm.

Machine learning, artificial intelligence and robotics have dominated every technology conference, tradeshow and summit in the past six months.

Hine Labels in Rotherham loved its second digital colour press, a Dainippon Screen Truepress Jet 350UV+ narrow-web UV inkjet model installed a couple of years ago.