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KBA unveils digital press plans following RR Donnelley tie-up

KBA has tied with RR Donnelley to develop a digital press that will debut at next year's Drupa, forming a partnership both parties expect to "reinvigorate" the industry.

Communisis awarded 30m Everything Everywhere contract

Communisis has sealed a 30m three-year print management contract to supply Everything Everywhere, the merged company of mobile providers T-Mobile and Orange.

Eclipse Colour merges with 4DM Group

Eclipse Colour and the 4DM Group have aimed to become the "best in class" after merging in a deal that creates one of the UK's largest independent commercial print and direct mail businesses.

Ricoh adds a new colour printer to its range of digital print bouquet

Ricoh India, the manufacturer of digital printers and imaging solutions provider, recently unveiled a new digital colour printing presses, the Pro C901/C901s designed specifically for the professional...

Pureprint strengthens corporate print team with new appointments

Pureprint Group has made a trio of appointments in a bid to strengthen its corporate print team.

Herald Chase updates MIS with Primo upgrade as business booms

Herald Chase Group has upgraded its TharsternSQL Management Information System (MIS) to the latest version, Primo, after seeing a preview of the software at Ipex.

Bluetree invests in second superwide-format HP Scitex printer

Bluetree Design & Print has invested in a second HP Scitex FB7500 flatbed printer in a bid to increase its digital capacity.

TJ's Visual Solutions in cost-saving Colorific ink switch

TJ's Visual Solutions (TJ's) has said it saved 50% on its ink costs after switching from OEM to Colorific inks supplied by Granthams.

ImageData investment drive rolls on with Muller Martini bindery spend

ImageData Group has completed the latest phase of its ongoing equipment investment programme after taking delivery of a Muller Martini Primera C130 Saddle Stitcher.

BSkyB axes two magazines, Sky Magazine to go quarterly

BSkyB is to make dramatic reductions to its magazine work, dropping its bi-monthly Sky Movies and Sports magazines and cutting its monthly Sky Magazine to a quarterly frequency.

101 jobs to go at Southernprint

Southernprint has confirmed that its finishing subsidiary Southern Binders will close as part of a restructure, which will also see 101 staff made redundant.

Xaar lauds 'huge' potential of printed electronics

Inkjet manufacturer Xaar has said that interest in inkjet for printing electronics "is clearly gathering pace" after the Organic Electronics Association (OE-A) recorded a 30% growth in members during...

Deciding pay terms at local level is the future for print

Are we reaching the end of the road for national pay bargaining? Well, the prevailing view emerging from our membership suggests that we may well be.

The BPIF's stance on pay deal risks a fragmented industry

We are obviously very disappointed at the federation's response to our claim for an increase this year, although not too surprised considering that is has now been two years since an agreement on pay...

Character Mailing in administration, 44 redundancies made

Merseyside mailing house Character DPM Group (Character DPM) and its Stockport subsidiary Character Mailing Services (Mailing Services) have gone into administration, with 44 redundancies made.