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Roland DG has released the latest upgrade of its VersaWorks RIP and colour management software, which incorporates Pantone libraries for the first time.

Communisis has won a significant transactional print contract from one of its major statement printing rivals RR Donnelley GDS.

Publishing group Future has recorded a 26% increase in operating profit excluding exceptional items in its preliminary 2012 results despite continued losses on its print activities.

Cheshire Anilox Technology (CAT) has installed a fifth Fibre laser which it claims can create a "limitless" amount of cell designs for anilox rollers.

Johnston Press has appointed Richard Thomson as its group newspaper sales director with effect from 7 January 2013.

Gemini Group's operating profit rose more than 150% in the year to 30 June 2012 following the management reorganisation and restructuring of the previous year.

Creazy has added Photo Box Canvas, a pre-creased SRA3 sheet of 210gsm board that creates the look of a box canvas, to its range of pre-creased SRA3 media.

Yorkshire-based Wyke Printers has bought XMF PrintCentre, Fujifilm's cloud-based web-to-print solution, after beta testing the technology last year.

Print procurement consultancy Blue Buffalo has been awarded the contract to tender the print of UK healthcare giant Bupa, a long-standing client of print management company RR Donnelley GDS.

Print-Leeds has invested around 3m in a Heidelberg Speedmaster CX 102-7+L and CTP system as part of its expansion following the acquisition of S&C Labels in February.

Bournemouth Colour Press has installed a Technotrans Alpha.r3 reverse osmosis system to standardise water pH and conductivity for its dampening solution in its new Speedmaster XL 75-5.

Epson has unveiled the first SureColors developed specifically for dye-sublimation printing

It is tricky to capitalise on, but T-shirt printing is a burgeoning market. If you get it right, the rewards will be there for all to see

Print may traditionally be a macho industry, but to survive in the current climate takes diversity - which may explain the move into printed frocks and cushions.

If you visited stationery manufacturer Duraweld last month, you might have been greeted by production manager Paul Moore in a pink woman's hoodie and account manager Caron Webster in pink pyjamas.