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Fitch: helming Agfa's ambitious growth plans for inkjet in UK

Fitch steps up at Agfa

Agfa has promoted Paul Fitch to head up its inkjet business in the UK and Ireland.

BFS is a family-run consumables supplier

BFS set to expand in 35th year

BFS Pressroom Solutions is celebrating its 35th year in business and is set to expand its roller factory next year.

Heidelberg UK's warehouse was previously based at its Brentford site

Heidelberg launches Irish business

Heidelberg UK is to launch a new subsidiary in Ireland to enhance its presence north and south of the border.

Royal Mail: dealing with "exceptionally high volumes"

Royal Mail wrangles huge backlog, suspends some services

There’s a glimmer of good news at Royal Mail, which has reached an accord with the CWU after a long-running dispute. However, pre-Christmas chaos caused by a huge increase in parcel volumes combined...

Vivian: "Our customers are going to benefit from us being more efficient"

ImageData Group continues mega investment drive

ImageData Group is continuing a major programme of investment in new kit that has totalled more than £500,000 so far and included new machines for all three of its production sites.

Allander Print went into administration last week. Image: Google Maps

Allander Print in administration; Tempus IME acquires assets

Commercial printer Allander Print has fallen into administration, with the loss of 40 jobs, and its intellectual property and goodwill assets have been purchased by print management and software...

Komori: expansion to offer extended support across a broader range

Komori expands continental parts facility

Komori is upping its European service and parts setup with a new warehouse on the continent.

The Horizon CRF-362 was installed in October

Emmerson Press streamlines with Horizon spend

Emmerson Press has invested in a Horizon CRF-362 creaser folder to streamline its digital print production and support increased flexibility.

Thallo presses are targeted at a range of packaging and security print applications

Manroland Goss boosts packaging offer with Thallo buy

Manroland Goss Group has beefed up its packaging offering with the acquisition of the Thallo business from former sister company Contiweb.

Brough: "The new kit is quicker, providing us faster turnaround times"

Bakergoodchild continues growth strategy with £2m-plus spend

Bakergoodchild has invested more than £2m in a raft of new equipment as it presses forward with its 2021 Growth Strategy.

Wilton: "I now have the opportunity to give something back"

BPIF appoints Ian Wilton as new president

The BPIF has appointed its current vice president Ian Wilton as its new president.

Boardroom discussions

Overmatter: Ghost of Christmas (cards) past

Team working in 2020 has involved some of us rapidly getting to grips with online collaboration tools such as Slack, Trello and Microsoft Teams.

Severn: "strong resilience throughout 2020"

Severn under new ownership

Severn has been acquired in a secondary management buyout and is poised to commission its latest investment in Canon sheetfed inkjet technology.

Nangle: Investment has doubled the enclosing capacity at Tottenham

MBA Group reveals mega 2020 Böwe Systec spend

MBA Group invested £1.4m in new machinery from Böwe Systec to increase its capacity and improve its fulfilment process and efficiency.

Cooper: well-known for devising bespoke systems

Cooper takes wraps off new venture

Former Lettershop managing director Simon Cooper has teamed up with an ex-Kodak employee to form a new inkjet integration business.