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EFI shows new LED inkjet machine

EFI has debuted its new Pro 16h production-level LED wide-format printer, which doubles the speed of its mid-level predecessor in the firm's range.

Gardners targets growth with £1m spend

Wide-format printer Gardners has invested just shy of £1m in kit as it eyes growth in its retail “heartland”.

We Do Print upgrades facilities

Commercial Group’s social enterprise arm We Do Print has installed a number of new pieces of kit, including a bookletmaker and two 3D printers.

OPC eyeing sales increase after acquisition

Distributor and greetings card publisher The Original Poster Company (OPC) is aiming for a 10% increase in sales, having been recently acquired by Cathay Investments.

Regency doubles Truepress capacity

Regency Design & Print has invested in its second Screen Truepress Jet W3200UV HS wide-format flatbed printer.

Canon flying high with latest acquisition

Canon has stepped up its digital services operation with the acquisition of mobile e-commerce platform Kite.ly.

UK's largest sheetfed commercial printer in administration

Anton Group has been placed in administration with more than 100 of its 300–plus workforce made redundant.

GPS pushing large-format boundaries

Graphic Print and Sign Co (GPS) has installed a new Dyss X7-3220C Superhead Conveyorised Digital Cutter to complement its new larger-format offering.

EBB to distribute Canon papers

Paper merchant Elliott Baxter (EBB) has launched a new partnership with Canon to distribute a number of its papers.

First Varioman press due for installation next year

Manroland Web Systems is to install the first of its new bespoke, hybrid web presses early next year as it looks to expand beyond its traditonal markets.

Whistl posts record profits despite sales slip

Whistl, the UK’s second largest postal services provider, has reported a boost in underlying profits despite a dip in sales in its first full year following its MBO.

Hague acquires Solchar

Print management firm Hague Print has resumed its stroll on the M&A path with its first 2017 acquisition.

A3 hones high-end offering with Versafire buy

A3 Design & Print has installed a new Heidelberg Versafire CP Digital Press, to aid with short-run digital work for high-end design agencies.

Boss Print launches new colour process

West London-based Boss Print has launched a new litho colour process that offers photographic, continuous tone-like image quality based on an expanded colour gamut with high definition screening.

Optichrome in double Versafire investment

Commercial printer Optichrome has invested £250,000 in two Heidelberg Versafire CP digital presses, in a bid to increase its digital output.