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X-Rite consolidates colour kit under eXact umbrella

X-Rite will consolidate its existing range of colour measurement devices into a single series, the X-Rite eXact, from 12 November.

Mark Andy owner AIP completes Presstek acquisition

American Industrial Partners (AIP), the private equity owner of narrow and mid-web flexo press maker Mark Andy, has completed its $26m (16.2m) purchase of direct imaging press builder Presstek.

Create your own print horror flick with AlphaGraphics North East

AlphaGraphics North East (AGNE) has added a cross media marketing "movie star" experience to its website, in time for Halloween.

Favini wins Green award for Crush at Luxepack launch

Favini's latest innovation in packaging paper, Crush, has won the Green award at its launch at Luxepack 2012.

African wildlife captured in motion picture Safari book

US-based Workman Publishing has produced <i>Safari: A Photicular Book</i> to capture the wildlife of the African Serengeti. Accompanied by commentary from author Carol Kaufmann, the 3D images appear...

Polestar retains Hearst contract

The Polestar Group has agreed a new three-year deal with magazine publisher Hearst Magazines UK to continue printing 12 of its leading consumer titles.

Prinovis hit with 10m impairment as Bertelsmann rebrands print division

Prinovis posted a massive drop in profitability in its recently-filed accounts for the year to 31 December 2011 after a "change to a significant contract" led to a 10m impairment.

Nosco to install first Indigo 30000 in the US

Gurnee, IL-based Nosco is set to become the first US customer for the HP Indigo 30000 digital sheetfed folding carton press, both companies announced at Pack Expo in Chicago this week.

Hopkins Printing brings in new Speedmaster XL 106

Columbus, OH based Hopkins Printing has purchased a new Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 five color offset printing press, which will be installed in Q1 of next year.

Hurricane Sandy's impact on commercial printing seen as 'minimal'

Commercial printers along the US East Coast largely escape major damage as Hurricane Sandy triggered high winds, floods and powers outages from Virginia and Carolinas all the way through the...

Collins launches Atlas by Collins app

Collins has launched its first atlas app for the iPad and iPhone, Atlas by Collins, after a decrease in sales of printed atlases to adults.

Lightning Source UK eproofing emails queried

Concerns have been raised over the wording used by a print-on-demand (POD) specialist in its emails to customers advising them about their e-proofing process.

Newsfax won't be the last newspaper printer to go under

The fate of one newsprint giant tells a tale about the sector as a whole, a sector that needs radical restructuring to survive in the modern world

Star product: Pageflex 8.0

For printers looking to break into or expand their high-margin web-to-print work, the latest version of this package has a lot to offer

Costs scupper the Christmas cracker

The soaring level of investment needed to operate in the short-term seasonal markets means that the sector is now only open to the very biggest of players