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Clays adds further digital firepower

St Ives Clays will up its digital printing capacity to 20m books a year with the installation of a fifth production line.

Pixartprinting buys Italy's first Rhotex 320

Pan-European web-to-print specialist Pixartprinting, has bought the first Durst Rhotex 320 textile printer to be installed at an Italian printer.

MGI takeover focuses on sector soon to be worth $300bn

MGI Digital Graphic Technology has bought a 100 percent stake in Ceradrop, the French maker of inkjet printing systems for the printed electronics industry.

St Ives Direct Bradford sold to Cogent B2B

St Ives has announced the sale of its Bradford-based direct mail business, St Ives Direct Bradford, to Cogent B2B for 8m.

Tesco unveils new-look Tesco Magazine

Tesco has replaced its bi-monthly Tesco Real Food and A5 format Tesco magazine with a new-look A4 title that will have one of the highest circulations in the UK.

Social firms work hard to be 'likeable'

Networking websites offer a low-cost way to improve sales performance and raise your profile.

EFI makes LED move with Jetrion 4950LX

EFI has gone all-LED on the latest version of its Jetrion inkjet label press.

FFEI ready for 'white ink battleground'

FFEI claims the quality and opacity of the white ink on its Graphium inkjet label press cannot be matched by rival products.

Oberthur and G4S bid for 1bn UK banknote contract

French security printer Oberthur Technologies will launch a joint bid with the UK-based private security firm G4S for the Bank of England's 1bn next generation banknote contract, according to Reuters.

Royal Mail privatisation kicks off ahead of CWU strike ballot

Royal Mail kicked off its initial public offering (IPO) today just as the CWU was sending out ballot papers to postal workers for strike action opposing the privatisation.

York Mailing first UK printer to achieve EU Ecolabel

York Mailing has become the first UK printer to be awarded an EU Ecolabel license for printed paper products.

Impression wows with label finishing line

A British designed and developed digital label finishing system is one of the must-sees at Labelexpo.

John Watson & Co acquired by Multi-Color Corporation

John Watson & Co has been bought by Cincinnati, Ohio-based Multi-Color Corporation (MCC) less than a year after the collapse of its proposed sale to Canadian labels group CCL Industries.

Microbrewery boom prompts Colorscan to order a Jetrion 4900M

Colorscan Imaging Products has installed an EFI Jetrion 4900M digital label press as part of a 3m expansion.

3D Printshow to gift print kit worth thousands of pounds

The 3D Printshow will give 3D printers to schools and train 3,000 students in the basics of three-dimensional technology as part of an ambitious education programme.