Ramu Ramanathan investigates into how print companies estimate their costs - and tries to find out if these companies can see a rise in profits with a common sense module

EFI has signed an agreement to acquire packaging print MIS specialist Radius Solutions, which will also increase its European presence.

Wide-format kit manufacturer Roland DG is aiming to increase sales and income in the 2011 fiscal year after recording a 27% fall in sales in 2010 to 28.4bn (211m).

A trade finishing house has opened in Deptford to handle work in and around the London area and could soon be offering employment to out-of-work finishers.

B2 commercial printer Limetree Offset has augmented its finishing department by installing a K92CD GW guillotine supplied by DPM, the Chinese manufacturer's recently appointed agent in the UK.

Finishing kit supplier Duplo International has launched an A3 electric guillotine from German manufacturer Ideal.

On its launch in 2002, this robust folder raised the level of automation in B2 to meet the demand for quick turnarounds, finds Nosmot Gbadamosi

Noel D'cunha talks to K C Sanjeev, managing director, Welbound Worldwide which manufactures critical links in the bookbinding workflow, starting from folding machines to trimmers.

A subscription service contract to help newspaper and commercial printers using Goss International kit to evenly spread their production costs has signed up new members.

This versatile finishing system has attracted fans in unexpected market sectors, finds Philip Chadwick