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A1 rounds off Xerox spend with double installation

Birmingham-based security printer A1 Security Print has rounded off a circa-£370,000 18-month spend on Xerox equipment with the installation of a Versant 180 digital press and Nuvera 144.

Report: used Heidelberg presses 'more productive'

Smithers Pira has ignited a debate about press productivity with the publication of a white paper on the performance of pre-owned presses that comes down heavily in Heidelberg’s favour.

Opus spends big on insertion lines

Opus Trust Marketing has invested just shy of £2m in new mailing lines from Pitney Bowes in a bid to handle an upsurge in short-run mailing jobs.

Just Digital spends big on Xerox and Duplo

Just Digital has ramped up its production firepower with two Xerox iGen 5s and a brace of Duplo iSaddle stitchers.

MGI Jetvarnish 3D Evolution taken on by Konica Minolta

Konica Minolta has added the new MGI Jetvarnish 3D Evolution to its industrial printing product portfolio.

DS Smith makes Eastern European push with Romanian acquisition

DS Smith has acquired Romanian packaging and paper firms EcoPack and EcoPaper in a bid to extend its Eastern European reach.

Moo's latest hire fuels speculation over aspirations

Moo has appointed another senior executive with experience of taking companies public, heightening speculation that the fast-growing firm could be gearing up to float.

Company of the Year: Buxton Press

Three cheers for three years; this is the third consecutive category win for the stellar sheetfed printer in Derbyshire. But team Buxton will not rest. “In spite of ongoing good results they’re still...

SME of the Year: Northside Graphics

This year’s winner grew from a tiny acorn to a seven-figure turnover in under four years. Only a few minutes from Belfast city centre, the 41-staff company is in capital form, and in the past year has...

Post-press Company of the Year: Rapidity

A client wanted to sell his swanky house in Malta, but first came the marketing to an international audience. A limited run of only 40 books saw them covered in calfskin leather, pared by hand and...

Book Printer of the Year: Push Print

“These guys understand what makes a beautiful book,” said judges of the London printer that went one further in 2017 after being runner-up twice in three years. The Gestalt book, for example, ticked...

Industrial Digital Printer of the Year: Paragon Customer Communications

It was in the cards. Paragon took the top spot in this category thanks to entries including Hyundai Tarot Cards – a fitting theme for a category that focuses as much on targeted messaging and the...

Direct Mail Printer of the Year: Howard Hunt

This was anything but junk mail. The NSPCC’s annual ‘Letter from Santa’ campaign invited the customer to log on to an online ordering portal and choose the visual design they wanted to send before...

Bespoke Magazine Printer of the Year: Pureprint Group

A three times runner-up in the magazine category, Pureprint turned the page this year to go one better and was “a natural winner,” according to judges. They were particularly won over by the variety...

Marketing Campaign of the Year: Impress Print Services

With a wistful nod to the past, Impress focused its Digital Gold campaign on Willy Wonka-style tickets to promote new digital metallic technology, strengthen customer loyalty and promote short-run,...