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Colour Options buys Heidelberg Stahlfolder Ti 52
Digital print specialist Colour Options has reduced a bottleneck in its finishing department by investing £43,500 in a Heidelberg Stahlfolder Ti 52.
Inkland secures £2m deal with Potts
Consumables supplier Inkland has bounced back from losing a major contract following the collapse of HPM & Addo after securing a significant equipment and consumables deal with Potts Print (UK).
Raise Print buys Heidelberg Linoprint C751
Commercial printer Raise Print has boosted its digital operation by investing in a Heidelberg Linoprint C751.
Langley Holdings to acquire DruckChemie
Manroland Sheetfed-owner Langley Holdings is set to acquire the German print chemicals group DruckChemie out of administration.
Pressision in £500k digital and finishing spend
Leeds-based printer Pressision has invested £500,000 in digital print and finishing equipment as part of its three-year plan to grow its turnover by two-thirds from £1.5m to £2.5m.
UPM cuts capacity, Shotton's PM1 among closures
One of the two newsprint machines at UPM Shotton will be permanently shut down as part of a plan to cut a further 800,000 tonnes of European publication paper capacity.
MTEX launches Vision and Blue direct-to-textile printers
MTEX Solutions has launched two new digital direct-to-textile printers, the entry-level 1.6m-wide MTEX Blue and the 1.85m-wide MTEX Vision, which is aimed at the transfer print market.
Heidelberg slims losses, but signals further restructuring
Heidelberg has made two further acquisitions – in consumables and software – but further restructuring is on the cards at the manufacturer’s core printing press operations.
Tenza Technologies calls in administrators
Self-adhesive label stock manufacturer Tenza Technologies has fallen into administration, resulting in the loss of around 70 jobs.
Falling order intake takes shine off KBA's latest results
KBA has posted significant increases in sales, operating profit and pre-tax earnings in its results for the nine months to 30 September 2014.
Grafenia makes progress with new offerings
Half-year sales are down again at Grafenia, but margins are up and the firm’s new Marqetspace offering is on course to be a £1m business by the year-end.
Killer app: Elvis & Kresse turns consumables into accessories
At first glance it would be easy to think that lifestyle accessories producer Elvis & Kresse’s new £250 luxury briefcases are made from leather or moleskin.
Overmatter: dull dudes
It’s that time of year when thoughts turn to Christmas lists and Christmas gift-giving. Overmatter is a keen exponent of the print-related Christmas pressie, so with great delight learned of a new and...
Antalis launches ‘Creative Power’ campaign to showcase creative papers
Paper merchant Antalis has launched its 'Creative Power' campaign, an initiative that aims to encourage brand owners and marketing agencies to learn more about how paper can be used as a creative...
Chapelton to offer Smurfit Kappa’s Grease Guard Food cartonboard
Speciality paper and cartonboard supplier Chapelton Board will exclusively distribute Smurfit Kappa’s Grease Guard Food folding cartonboard to the UK packaging sector.