Wide-format

Electoral, signage and design and print tenders open

A trio of new tenders are currently live via the government’s Contracts Finder service, including for electoral printing, signage production and design and print services.

Admins appointed at Lexon

Insolvency practitioners have now been formally appointed at Welsh print firm Lexon.

Official Receiver steps in at Rymack Sign Solutions

Rymack Sign Solutions is being wound up by the Official Receiver, following a court order to that effect.

Xaar CFO steps down

Xaar is looking for a new CFO after incumbent Ian Tichias stepped down with immediate effect.

Serendipity highlights RGB benefits with new option

Serendipity Software has launched a new tool to support RGB workflows for digital printing, including spot colours.

Digital printing is bright spot in Agfa's Q3

Agfa has reported a further improvement in the performance of its digital printing and inks business in Q3, but a major restructure of its radiology film wing is likely to result in significant job...

Just a week ago the firm posted this image of its busy press hall on social media

Further blow to Welsh print industry as Lexon is shuttered

Directors at Welsh print firm Lexon have made the drastic decision to close immediately after its trading position became “untenable”.

Jeff Todd (L, with daughter Nicole): "It seemed like a good fit for our business"

Think Signs acquires Fresh Graphic Solutions

Custom signage and branding specialist Think Signs has acquired graphic design and printing company Fresh Graphic Solutions to further strengthen its presence in the London market.

The forecast spend would mark a 7.8% increase from last year’s spend of £9.7bn

UK ad spend to reach £10.5bn during festive season

Advertisers are expected to spend a record £10.5bn during the festive season, according to new data released by the Advertising Association (AA) and WARC, with an uptick expected for out-of-home...

The FS60 carries 10L ink cartridges, with the FS60 W featuring a 3L white cartridge

HP launches new ‘scalable’ Latex printers

HP unveiled two new Latex printers in its industrial wide-format range today (5 November), which will be upgradable over their lifetime with regular hardware and software releases from HP.