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CFH Docmail Group managing director Dave Broadway has stepped up to chairman and ceded day-to-day control of the business founded by his father almost 40 years ago.

Adare has made its second acquisition in the space of 10 weeks and is now the new owner of Polestar Applied Solutions (PAS).

Anton Group believes inkjet is “on the cusp of a revolution” in being able to take over from conventional printing and hopes to start work on its inkjet joint venture with Kodak “imminently”.

First put forward by the European Union in January 2012, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was approved by the European Parliament in April this year and will come into force on 25 May...

Young people living at home are the ‘life stage’ most likely to read and respond to direct mail, according to new research from Royal Mail’s MarketReach division.

GI Solutions Group has signed off a circa £5m spend to move into full-width high-speed inkjet web, as it looks to migrate more litho work to digital and significantly boost capacity.

Johnston Mailing has ordered three Canon imagePress machines in a £200,000 deal to help meet heavy demands for direct mail and edge it into new markets.

First Move Direct Marketing has become the UK's first buyer of the Xerox (8b-A62) Trivor 2400, the 20in (508mm) production inkjet web launched by the manufacturer at Drupa.

Leicester-based print group Taylor Bloxham has named a veteran of the paper merchanting industry as its new DM director with a view to doubling its DM operations within three years.

Ferag has premiered its collating and inserting line EasySert, which compiles advertising inserts into recipient-specific collections at Drupa (Hall 15, D25).