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Analyst: Xerox may need to raise HP bid

A financial analyst following Xerox has said the manufacturer may need to increase its bid for HP from $22-per-share (£16.89) to $26 in order to attract the company’s board and shareholders.

A number of Heidelberg presses are among around 180 lots

Cem Press assets up for auction

Machines and other assets belonging to specialist printer Cem Press are being sold via online auction.

Printflow is suitable for organisations of any size

Rapidity launches automated print platform Printflow

Rapidity has launched a new end-to-end automated print platform that enables their clients to access a customised portal to create and order their own marketing collateral, such as business cards and...

Kinyosha Printing Company was the second company to sign up for a Sapphire

Kodak and Uteco install first Sapphire Evo hybrid press

Kodak and Uteco Group have now installed their first Sapphire Evo hybrid press at a customer site as Japanese printer Kinyosha takes delivery of the new machine.

Dayfold focuses on creative work for designer clients using special stocks and multiple finishing processes

Dayfold moves into SRA1 and acquires Emtone goodwill

Dayfold has expanded its offering by moving into SRA1, and has also acquired the goodwill of shuttered Bath printer Emtone.

Print Technician (Level 3) has been included in a review of 30 standards

BPIF launches final call for industry apprenticeship standard feedback

The BPIF has urged the print industry to support its bid to retain a crucial printing industry apprenticeship standard that could be under threat – with the deadline for valuable feedback at the end...

CSS Industries has a UK operation in Stockport

Design Group in major US expansion

IG Design Group has raised £120m for a major acquisition that will double the size of its business in the US.

Industry lunch is approaching its quarter-century

Countdown to St George's Day lunch

The St George’s Day Luncheon Club is gearing up for its 24th annual charity lunch in London.

DMGT bought the i in November for circa £50m

Government confirms investigation into i acquisition

Ofcom and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will investigate whether the Daily Mail and General Trust’s (DMGT) £50m acquisition of the i adheres to competition law.

Lores: proposal undervalues HP and "is not a basis for discussion"

HP questions Xerox and Icahn's motives

HP has now issued a longer response after Xerox confirmed it planned to try and take over its board, the latest move in Xerox’s hostile bid to take control of HP.

The museum's collection includes what is thought to be the only surviving example of a Ratcliff direct lithographic press

Jarrold Museum resumes hunt for new home

The John Jarrold Printing Museum has resumed its search for a new home after plans to relocate it to a medieval church in Norwich fell through.

Willis: in post since the summer of 2018

De La Rue CFO quits

De La Rue has abruptly parted company with chief financial officer Helen Willis, who is leaving the struggling group with immediate effect.

Emtone was established in 1963. Image: Google Maps

Emtone ceases trading

Specialist litho printer Emtone has gone into voluntary liquidation.

Jacobson keynote: "have the courage to lose sight of the shore"

EFI chief calls for industry to 'lift itself up'

EFI CEO Jeff Jacobson used his inaugural Connect user conference opening keynote to ask the sector to do more to “lift itself up… because there's a lot of growth in this great industry”.

The programmes take between two to three years to complete

Final call for BPIF management course

The induction for the next BPIF Level 3 and 5 Management Programmes will take place next month and some last-minute spaces are available on both courses.