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Andy Benson, the former managing director of Sony’s Nordic branch, has been named as managing director of Duplo, replacing the departing Peter Jolly.

Wide-format business Fast Graphics has invested in a new Mimaki JV150-160 to increase its productivity.

Dartford-based Scotia Binding Supplies production manager Glenn Pollard has died, aged 47.

Overmatter hates it when the dread phrase ‘printing error’ is used to inaccurately blame the poor old printer for someone else’s foul-up.

The Crossrail project, a 73-mile-long train line running across and under London and the Home counties, was given approval back in 2008 and construction began a year later.

Wet-glue label, digital POS and litho UV plastics printer Print-Leeds has invested in a DYSS X7-1630C digital cutter and taken on three new staff.

Last Bros has invested in a Xerox Versant 180 digital press for its tabbing division.

A blaze at Basildon-based e-commerce fulfilment firm P2P Mailing’s warehouse has burned it to the ground, despite more than 100 firefighters tackling the fire at its height.

The owner of Fort Dearborn and Oberthur Technologies has emerged as the likely buyer for Williams Lea.

The Bank of England has confirmed that it will not be reformulating the polymer used for its new banknotes, despite protests about the use of trace amounts of animal derivative.

FlyerAlarm UK managing director Keith Hanson has left the business after less than a year in the job.

Gomer Press has taken its first step into LE-UV with a circa-£1.7m investment in a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 LE-UV.

Duplo UK managing director Peter Jolly is moving to HP to head up its UK Indigo and inkjet division in advance of the retirement of Ian Kimber.

Duplo has launched its new DB-290 perfect binder.

Superior has become the first printer to obtain an ISO 12647-2 colour certification on a Heidelberg LE-UV press.