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Offermann (pictured) joined from rival Agfa

Screen boosts European service and support

Screen has expanded its European service and support operations following a period of “exponential growth” in high-end inkjet.

Reach: online audience is growing, but ads are not

Reach restructures, 550 jobs to go

Reach’s newspaper printing sites are not included in a wide-scale restructure that has just been announced by the media group

The 1.6m-wide EFI H1625 LED is capable of up to 42sqm/hr

Ur Print rolls out bounce back plan

Ur Print is looking to bounce back out of lockdown and regain the pre-Covid momentum that led it to invest around £100,000 to beef up its wide-format production firepower.

Heidelberg's latest stats show worldwide production trends

Heidelberg and Fuji stats show some signs of pick-up

The latest printing industry performance stats from Heidelberg show some signs of recovery in the UK commercial print market, although it is still lagging behind the rest of Europe.

This year's PoP event will be hosted online

Power of Print goes online

This year’s annual Power of Print seminar is to embrace the power of digital and be hosted online to ensure it’s not impacted by the Coronavirus restrictions.

Vacher: new money will provide the company with financial and operational flexibility

De La Rue completes £100m equity raise

De La Rue has completed its £100m capital raise through the placing of new shares.

The area of Leicester where restrictions still apply. Image: Leicester City Council, Ordnance Survey

'Plan B' advice in case lockdown returns

A Leicester-based promotional products specialist has urged company bosses to have a ‘Plan B’ in case other cities also end up back in lockdown.

Pandemic has resulted in a host of new product categories for print firms

WTTB puts multi-billion price tag on becoming Covid-secure

Research by Where The Trade Buys has put a staggering £3.68bn price tag on the UK-wide costs of being Covid-secure as businesses return to work.

Atkinson: We want to do the right thing

Forecast beating Macfarlane to repay furlough cash

Macfarlane Group has promised to repay the furlough cash it has received from the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme after reporting that lockdown and the Covid crisis hadn’t impacted sales...

The new Versant in situ

Eight Days adds to Xerox firepower

Eight Days A Week Print Solutions has upgraded its digital printing setup with the installation of a Xerox Versant 3100.

Sheetfed printing: some major markets have reduced or even disappeared altogether

Sheetfed printers reshape

Sheetfed printers are beginning to take action to reshape their businesses as customers emerge from lockdown.

Jarrold: "commercial print has been affected significantly"

BPIF: slow pace of recovery has implications for print

BPIF chief executive Charles Jarrold has detailed current industry sentiment across the regions as businesses reach ‘stage three’ of the Covid crisis.

Room: going up in format is quite a big endeavour

Heronswood switches format to shake things up

Heronswood Press has stepped up from B2 to SRA1 with a “significant” lockdown investment in a four-colour RMGT 924 LED press in a two-for-one swap after its owner decided “doing the same thing we’ve...

Annie Bond with some of her creations. Image: Little Key Worker, Facebook

Printer sought after girl's lockdown craft project takes off

A six-year old schoolgirl has created a burgeoning merchandise business out of a lockdown charity craft project, and is looking for a suitable printer to help keep the venture going.

Tardiff with the new Roland TrueVis VG2-640

Source Signs invests to support tighter turnarounds

Source Signs has invested in a new roll-to-roll printer/cutter as it ramps up to support retail and construction clients coming out of lockdown.