Digital

EFI has acquired Xerox’s Free Flow Print Server (FFPS) digital front-end business.

Essex-based print and promotional products company Premier Print & Promotions has acquired fellow merchandiser Blueprint Promotional Products.

Heidelberg will use next month’s PrintWeekLive! to demonstrate its latest digital and offset technologies and give unbiased advice on the pros and cons of the various UV drying technologies available.

Qualvis Print & Packaging has completed a £5m investment programme, initiated at Drupa 2016, with the installation of a dual digital packaging line.

Ricoh has become the latest major manufacturer to sign up to PrintWeekLive!, where it plans to launch a new colour press.

Lucien De Schamphelaere, the founder of Belgian digital press manufacturer Xeikon, has died aged 85.

Bakergoodchild has invested in a raft of kit to expand its transactional mail offering and has relocated to larger premises.

Lonsdale Direct Solutions has invested more than £200,000 in two pieces of kit from Duplo and a Watkiss SquareBack bookletmaker on the occasion of its 100th year of trading.

KitKat is set to give away more than 55,000 printed personalised packs featuring photos and names of competition-winners.

Cloud-based software platform provider Custom Gateway has taken a stand at the inaugural PrintWeekLive! show in March.