Digital

Simpson Group has invested £250,000 in software, including pre-press workflow, a store-profiling system and its first small-format digital press.

Ashgate Automation has developed the desktop Rolapress to rid books of the bulky spines achieved on traditional bookletmakers.

Wide-format media firm Sihl Direct has launched three backlit films for UV-cured, offset and Oc's ColorWave solid ink printers.

Wide-format relies on trends in overall advertising spending, outdoor advertising, retail/indoor and events businesses.

GDL has launched PrintCaf, a print franchise aimed at students and young professionals, which it claims offers "a modern high-performance friendly and helpful print environment".

Mondi will use the Hunkeler Innovationdays next month to spearhead a push into the continuous feed digital print market, and revealed that it is working on papers that match the properties of coated...

Kama has teamed up with Tech-ni-Fold to add creasing and perforating to its ProFold 74.

West Midlands-based CS Labels has embarked on an expansion programme, assisted by a Government Regional Growth Fund grant, which is expected to help boost turnover by 25% in 2013 to 2.5m.

Lumejet, inventor of a new silver halide-based print technology, has said it plans to explore wider web and duplex printing options as part of its product development roadmap.

Inkjet products will have grown to become more than half of EFI's business when the group unveils its year-end results next week.