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Ipex banks on capital's pulling power

Ipex 2014 organiser Informa is relying on London to contribute to an estimated 10% increase in unique visitors versus 2010, despite the latest round of damaging pull-outs.

ESP trebles in size following £2m investment over a year

ESP Colour has trebled in size following an investment in digital and wide-format printing and creative design and web services late last year.

The Printroom in UK first with Horizon

Liverpool-based commercial printer The Printroom has invested in the UK's first Horizon StitchLiner 6000.

Ottimo awarded RAC job following wide-format investment

Ottimo Digital has recently completed a contract to print new livery on the back of the RAC's 1,400 breakdown assistance vans.

Google slammed over Paperless in 2013 campaign

Google has come under pressure from print industry advocacy group Two Sides and the Printing Industries of America (PIA) after the search engine giant signed up to the Go Paperless in 2013 campaign.

Memjet gets into MPS for office printing

San Diego-based Memjet this week announced a move into managed print services for small to medium size businesses, alongside its continued push in the wide-format and labelling space.

Toof merges with American Digital

Two Memphis-area printers, Toof Commercial Printing and American Digital, have merged with the intention of taking advantage of the city's role as a packaging/cargo hub.

Quad/Graphics Dubuque plant facing closure

Quad/Graphics said this week it will close its Dubuque, Iowa book printing plant and transfer the work to its other facilities.

Informa's bad news won't necessarily impact visitors

A belated happy new year to you all - although I suspect the popping of Champagne corks at Ipex HQ was muted by the news of further major no-shows at next year's event.

GMG and matchmycolour in colour management collaboration

Colour management software firms GMG and matchmycolour have partnered to create compatible databases for more efficient colour management.

HP unveils latest digital wallcovering range

HP is offering users of its Designjet and Scitex latex printers a free one-year trial to the HP WallArt Solution, a cloud-based service that will help printers capture a share of the growing custom...

What does 2013 hold in store for the UK printing industry?

We asked some of the top movers and shakers of British print to look deep into their crystal balls and make a forecast for the development of print in the year ahead - and carry out an autopsy of the...

Potts Print cashes in on post press spend with Barclays scheme

Printing, packaging and direct mail company Potts Print has invested in two new pieces of kit with the help of a Barclays cashback loan scheme.

Npower awards Opus three-year contract extension

Gas and electricity supplier Npower has renewed its transactional mail contract with Opus Trust Marketing for another three years in a multi-million pound deal.

Lumejet to unveil photonic printers at Digital Print UK

Lumejet will unveil a new breed of digital printer later this year when it demonstrates its photonic printing technology at Digital Print UK at the NEC from 5-7 November.