Chesapeake's pharmaceutical plant in Leicester has invested 20,000 in an Alpha.c combination unit and an Alpha.f filtration unit from Technotrans, for one of its Komori L628 presses.

EFI senior vice president and general manager of productivity software Marc Olin has said the company will continue to drive consolidation amongst MIS providers in the wake of its latest acquisition.

Commercial business Stones Printers has cut its overtime bill by investing in a CCM78 M5 guillotine to replace its 25-year-old predecessor.

Altaimage has bought the UK's first 660mm wide Mohr guillotine to pre-cut SRA2 sheets.

Stirland Paterson apprentice Craig Clifford beat competitors from Warwick Printing, Hartgraph and Phase Print to win gold in the print section of The Skills Show, on 17 November.

Fujifilm Dimatix has unveiled the StarFire SG-1024/M-A printhead, which it claims offers textile printers superior ink-jetting performance.

The Ideal 4860-ET guillotine is now commercially available following a positive reception at Duplo's recent London Calling Rocks show.

Watkiss Automation has been appointed as the exclusive UK distributor for Spanish thermal laminator manufacturer Tauler.

Heidelberg UK has signed a one year deal to become the exclusive dealer of the Guillo-Crease, which it will make available with Polar guillotines.

Birmingham NEC opens its doors this week to more than 650 apprentices, including printers, competing for the title in their sectors.