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Ainsley Signs boosts efficiency with Bubble Free Pro Applicator

Ainsley Signs has taken on a Bubble Free Pro Applicator from Josero to improve its production and finishing efficiency.

Latcham in dual Canon spend, preps hybrid mail wing

Latcham Direct has installed a Canon Océ VarioPrint i300 sheetfed inkjet and an imagePress C850 to take on the work of five machines as it steps up to the increasing expectations of print-on-demand.

US mega-merger is called off

The industry mega-merger between US print giants Quad/Graphics and LSC Communications is off – with Quad having to stump up a $45m fee as a result – after the two firms “mutually agreed” to terminate...

Overmatter: artwork oopsy

After many years in the printing and publishing business, Overmatter knows only too well the many and varied perils of the typo, or the item of dummy copy that makes its way all the way to print.

Killer app: Boxmart’s perfect pack for a brewer on the move

Welsh brewery Tiny Rebel is well on its way to becoming a giant among giants in the craft beer market, after being established with the unveiling of its first two beers at the Commercial pub in...

Kingsbury takes B1 Speedmaster ahead of bumper relocation

Kingsbury Press is set to install a new Heidelberg Speedmaster CX 102-6 B1 press onto new premises nearly six times the size of its current home ahead of a full move.

St Austell film crew visitors a boon to Cornish tourism

St Austell Printing Company (SAPC) will light up the small screen after doubling up as a film set for a German production company.

HH Global in record year

HH Global has achieved a record financial year once again, with full-year revenue up by 22.2% and net revenue up by 25.3% year-on-year.

Paragon unveils major rebrand at graphics wing

Paragon Group aims to create a print power brand by rebranding its UK graphic services business – including the Service Point network – under the Service Graphics name with a fresh new look.

Hollywood Monster expands soft signage with dye-sub Vutek

Hollywood Monster is investing in a Vutek FabriVu 340i dye-sub printer, its eleventh EFI machine, to expand its soft signage capabilities.

Arjo UK mills: MBO gains SE support

Negotiations over the sale of the Arjowiggins Fine Papers UK businesses in administration are understood to have reached a critical juncture, with Scottish Enterprise confirming to PrintWeek that it...

Radio Times employs new tech to revive old moon supplement

July has seen a rash of commemorations of the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, in print, TV and other media. A particularly interesting example for print geeks came with the Radio Times,...

Scheufelen boss starts new paper company

The chief executive of failed German paper mill Scheufelen has started a new paper company employing 26 of his previous firm’s 95 staff.

Integrity adds medical bag service after rival liquidates

Integrity Print has taken on two new finishing lines that previously belonged to the now-liquidated Tressanda in order to add the manufacture of medical specimen bags to its services.

Reach in early talks to acquire JPI Media assets

Reach has confirmed that it is in the early stages of discussions in relation to acquiring “certain of JPI Media’s assets”.