Event

Pureprint Group has added a feather to its security management and data-handling bow by notching up the globally approved ISO 27001 standard and the DMA’s DataSeal accreditation.

The government has announced a review into the potential effect on public health of implementing standardised tobacco packaging.

London-based production agency Altaimage has invested £150,000 in an Océ Arizona 460GT from Canon and an Esko Kongsberg XN cutting table.

Fespa has revamped its senior leadership team with Neil Felton stepping up to become chief executive of the federation.

Spandex is to host an “experience day” in partnership with 3M for sign makers and printers with a focus on the emerging vehicle wrap market.

Prospect Mailing Services has been acquired for £400,000 by sister company St Ives Direct Bradford, recently renamed as Global Media Production.

Service Graphics has installed a Mastercut Multi-Tech high-speed, wide-format automated flatbed cutting machine to boost speed and efficiency for production of digitally printed display materials.

The latest cog in the government’s apprenticeship reform wheel has been set in motion over the past few weeks in the form of eight pilot trailblazer groups with a remit to develop new ‘employer-led’...

InPrint, the new event targeting the industrial printing sector, is lining up big names for its inaugural show next spring and expects up to 120 exhibitors in total.

One of Scotland’s oldest printing firms, Bell & Bain, has bought a warehouse for almost £500,000 and is looking to buy £4m of equipment on top of a £5m spending blitz over the last year.

Ipex has been boosted by fresh commitments from Goss International and Screen, with almost 80% of the available space at the re-energised show now sold.

Konica Minolta has formed a partnership with the St Bride Foundation to help the non-profit organisation preserve its artefacts for future generations.

Fespa has overhauled its awards programme, throwing the new-look annual event open to every single printer in the world and toning down emphasis on technology.

Heidelberg has announced it will phase out production of its Printmaster GTO 52 from March 2014 as it "realigns its small format-product portfolio".

Theatre programme specialist John Good is looking to break into new markets after investing £2.9m in three new printing presses and two finishing machines for brochures and programmes.