Cohoes, NY-based Mohawk announced this week a major expansion of its lineup of synthetic papers, envelopes and specialty substrates for digital commercial printing.

Bavarian manufacturing firm IBS has acquired the former Plauen factory and assets of Manroland AG from its administrators, for an undisclosed sum.

HP has announced the Enhanced Color Pack upgrade for its Scitex FB7600 and upgraded FB7500 industrial flatbed printers.

BCQ Group joint managing director Tyrone Spence has sold his 50% stake in the 10m turnover business to fellow joint managing director Richard Knowles and launched a new company e-com2.

If government plans are realised, paper travel tickets will disappear, but this is not necessarily bad news for printers.

Kodak announced this week it has agreed to sell assets from its Document Imaging business to office equipment maker Brother Industries in a cash deal worth $210m (137m).

RnB Direct Mail has invested 80,000 in a nine-station Buhrs BB300 envelope inserting system with camera matching.

Midland-based printing firm Emmerson Press recorded its best ever quarter at the start of this year, with 1m in sales.

SMP Group has invested 500,000 in a new Durst Rho P10 250 UV wide-format printer as part of its ongoing investment strategy.

Finishing equipment supplier Watkiss Automation is hoping for a sales boost for three of its newest machines when showing them at North Print and Pack next month.