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Minprint expands wide-format operation with Mimaki installation
Minprint has expanded its wide-format operation after investing in a Mimaki JV33-160 inkjet printer and CG160-FXII cutting plotter.

Bezier launches 1.5m cloud service to group IT platforms
Bezier has amalgamated its legacy customer IT platforms into a single, cloud-based offering called Bezier Connect.

Killer app: Complex colour kept in check
Packaging branding company Gilchrist worked with Heinz for the relaunch of its Weight Watchers range, which included new artwork and a new packaging design.

Xerox to sell EFI's Digital Store Front
Xerox has added EFI's Digital Store Front (DSF) web-to-print system to the range of third-party software it markets to its digital print customers.

Wifag completes Solna acquisition
Newspaper press manufacturer Wifag has expanded its range of machinery after acquiring Swedish press manufacturer Solna.

Soaring paper prices 'will kill off printers'
Paper mill price increases have filtered down to printers with a number of merchants announcing price rises from 5 September.

James Townsend & Sons to close as business moves to Northern Ireland, says Unite
Webtech, the Irish company that owns packaging printer James Townsend & Sons, is to close the Exeter-based business, according to Unite.
RR Donnelley scales up digital and personalisation services through acquisition
Chicago-based RR Donnelley this week acquired Sequence Personal, a maker of proprietary software that enables users to customize content that can then be produced as a specialized print magazine,...

SRF announces an entry into BOPP film market with Bruckner
Gurgaon-based SRF, an Indian multi-business entity engaged in the manufacture of technical textiles, chemicals, engineering plastics and packaging films, teamed up with Bruckner on 5 August 2011 for...
GMC joins Cloud Standards advisory group
GMC Software Technology has joined the Cloud Standards Customer Council (CSCC), an end user advisory group dedicated to accelerating the successful adoption of cloud computing.

Government unveils new Enterprise Zones and offers enhanced capital allowances
The government has announced the location of 11 new Enterprise Zones across the UK as part of its plan to accelerate local business growth and create 30,000 new jobs by 2015.

Pitney Bowes offers printers 'cost-effective' QR code service
Small printers wanting to offer cross-media services to customers, such as QR codes, will be given the opportunity to do so cost-effectively through Pitney Bowes.

Stehlin Hostag sponsors Leicester College print courses
Consumables supplier Stehlin Hostag Ink UK is to sponsor Leicester College.

BBC Worldwide sells magazine division to Exponent
The BBC has sold its consumer magazines division via a licensing and sales agreement to private equity firm Exponent.