The final entry deadline for the industry’s flagship awards scheme expires today, offering print hopefuls one more day to stake their claim on a highly coveted Printweek Prism.

Route 1 Print, the trade wing of Bluetree Group, has overhauled its wide-format department with a raft of kit from EFI.

Friedheim International has become the exclusive UK distributor of German manufacturer Heripack’s portfolio of automated boxing, packaging and sealing machines.

Wide-format printer and cutter manufacturer Liyu has revealed new partnerships with two major UK wide-format kit dealers, Bromley-headquartered Perfect Colours and Atech in Welwyn Garden City.

The remaining kit belonging to a plastic bottle recycling company in administration that had assets with a value of £1.3m stolen last month has gone up for auction.

The Delta Group has continued its kit megaspend with an order for the world’s first Lamina 07.10 Packline hotmelt packing line, designed to glue flat, collated corrugated packs.

International Graphic Supplies (IGS) has launched a new single-pass inkjet printer aimed at the short to medium-run packaging and POS market.

KGK Genix has invested in a Konica Minolta AccurioPress C12000 and five Morgana finishing machines, bringing the entirety of its small-format business in-house for the first time.

A consortium of Mavco Investments and Avenue Capital Group have signed a definitive agreement to acquire Hubergroup in a strategic move for global growth.

Potts Print has taken on a Vantage 720 folder gluing line from Moll to help with its capacity and reduce the company’s lead times.