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DecTek has capped off a busy year of investment with three more new machines, including its sixth Titanium cutter.

Central Mailing Services (CMS) has brought B2 lamination in-house after taking on a D&K Europa fully automated laminator.

Sealed Air Corporation has invested $8m (£6.55m) in Israeli digital post-press manufacturer Highcon, in what it said is in the context of “a strategic collaboration” between the two companies.

A number of potential investors are running the rule over cutting equipment specialist Polar, with the business confident of a fresh future come next year.

Party Décor has enhanced its digital cutting capability with the installation of a new PFi Blade B2+ cutting table.

Emerge Advertising has invested in a Titanium 2516 cutting table with router from International Graphics Supplies (IGS) to ease a finishing bottleneck caused by manual cutting processes.

Bowe Group has invested in a specialist software business that promises to revolutionise the time and costs involved in deploying autonomous robots.

Phase Print has installed a near-new DigiMoll folder-gluer, allowing the commercial printer to add capacity and a number of new capabilities to its packaging offering.

Heidelberg UK is back in the black and its German parent group has just announced an order backlog of more than €1bn (£877m) “for the first time in years”.

Online print specialist Printed Easy has completed a multimillion pound investment programme that included a complete rebuild of its website and an array of new equipment for label and commercial...