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Swype prints around 20 million cards each year
25-year relationship with HP

Swype makes super swap with HP 7900 install

Digital card manufacturer Swype installed a brand-new HP Indigo 7900 digital press in late January, replacing an older Indigo 5600 press.

Label World's 28 staff are based in Dublin
Joins other recent deals

Asteria Group continues growth with Irish acquisition

Asteria Labels & Packaging Group has continued on its acquisitive growth path after acquiring Dublin business Label World.

BizX Awards

Eight Group’s Lance Hill wins CEO of the Year award, teases inkjet move

Lance Hill, CEO of Nottingham marketing firm Eight Group, was named CEO of the Year at a packed ceremony for the BizX Awards.

Offer deadline later this month

Highcon up for sale

Digital post-press equipment developer Highcon Systems is now officially up for sale.

(L-R) Mat Jephcott and Simon McKenzie with the new SwissQprint Kudu
New machine installed

Hollywood Monster ups productivity with SwissQprint Kudu

Birmingham-based wide-format print specialist Hollywood Monster has installed a SwissQprint Kudu flatbed printer to enhance its productivity and quality, as well as sustainability.

LDP scaling up to meet market demand

Landa boosts top team

Landa Digital Printing has boosted its exec team with the appointment of Simon Lewis as vice president of marketing.

Children at Portway Primary School made art for Mother’s Day
Community project

FDM supports local schools with new initiative

Print and mailing company FDM Document Solutions has launched a community initiative that will see the business donate paper reel cores to local primary schools.

Some suppliers were awarded several lots
New notices live

Catalogue printing framework tops latest tenders

A seven-figure contract for the supply of catalogue printing services is the largest new tender by value currently live via the government’s Contracts Finder service.

Seidenberg: Royal Mail has "unrivalled scale"
Wants decision by 1 July

Royal Mail seeks changes to USO reform

Royal Mail has responded to Ofcom’s proposals for reform of the Universal Postal Service and has pushed back on what it described as “over specified” delivery targets.

A busy Highcon demo at Drupa 2024
Update expected soon

Trustees appointed at Highcon

Two temporary trustees have been appointed at Highcon Systems, which hopes to restructure under Israel’s Insolvency and Economic Rehabilitation Law.

Indigo Ross was founded by Phil Roper in 1995
Fujifilm printer due

Indigo Ross celebrates 30 years with charity drive and new kit

Sudbury design, print and web service firm Indigo Ross marked 30 years in business on 1 April.

Router used for birch ply

Blue Gecko sharpens up with new JWEI cutter

Two-man operation Blue Gecko replaced its decade-old Colex cutter with a brand-new JWEI, transforming the exhibition and retail specialist’s finishing capabilities.

LinkedIn most popular platform for print

Industry unconvinced by social media marketing

Social media is considered overrated as an effective business marketing tool by nearly two thirds of Printweek readers, according to new survey findings.

HSE found the risk assessments in place were not sufficient
Acid release created hydrogen chloride gas cloud

Chemicals firm fined £2.5m after serious breaches

A firm that makes chemicals used by the paper industry has received a seven-figure fine after two uncontrolled releases of acid at a site in Essex.

Show features revealed

Fespa 2025 programme unveiled

Fespa Global Print Expo 2025 has unveiled its full programme ahead of the May expo in Berlin.