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Perfect Colours adds EFI machines to portfolio
Perfect Colours has signed a strategic partnership with EFI that will see it supply and support two of the manufacturer's hybrid wide-format printers in the UK.

Buckland MD Snoad to step down
Buckland Media Group managing director Kevin Snoad will retire at the end of the month after more than 50 years in the industry.

Xaar sees future potential in sheetfed inkjet
Fresh Xaar chief executive Doug Edwards is aiming to expand the use of the firm’s technology in commercial print, and has inkjet replacements for today’s mid-range electrophotographic (EPS) digital...

First Folio Design buys Watkiss BookMaster Pro
First Folio Design aims to improve efficiency and reduce waste after installing a Watkiss BookMaster Pro bookletmaker and trimmer.

Watermill invests £1m in Omega label converting technology
Watermill Press has invested £1m in three Omega label converting machines to support its continued growth.

Key2 Group invests in Mimaki JV300-160
A specialist in signage, acrylic display and digital print company has become one of the first UK companies to invest in the new Mimaki JV300-160 large-format digital printer.

Nth Degree Imaging makes new appointments to support Roland deal
Nth Degree Imaging has taken on two new senior staff members after being appointed as a UK authorised dealer for Roland DG wide-format printers.

Dunstall made bankrupt over personal guarantee
Failed print and mailing business entrepreneur Kevin Dunstall has been made bankrupt.

Premier Print invests in KM bizhub Press C1060
Premier Print has trebled output and opened up new markets after revamping its digital offering with Konica Minolta and Duplo kit.

Eclipse named in LSE's influential firms list
Print and direct mail provider Eclipse has made the influential 1,000 Companies to Inspire Britain list from the London Stock Exchange Group, hailed by chancellor George Osborne.

Sonora boosts Kodak results
Kodak’s Sonora processless plate business grew by 212% year-on-year and the company is set to add 15 million square metres of manufacturing capacity for the plate in 2015.

Rapidity adopts Infigo MegaEdit for Catfish
B2B print company Rapidity hopes to break into new sectors after signing up to use Infigo Software’s MegaEdit photobook platform run through its Catfish set-up.

Impression IT makes Morgana investment
Digital printer Impression IT has become the latest UK business to install a DigiBook 200 PUR perfect binding machine.

Reading-based printer to close after 93 years
Tudor Press, a family-owned high-street print shop on Reading's Oxford Road, will shut its doors for the final time next month when owner and third-generation printer Richard Farrow retires.

Park kicks off investment programme with HP buy
Park Communications has bought kit including a new digital press as part of an investment set to top £3m over the next year.