Danwood Group has continued its aggressive acquisition strategy with the buyout of Well Connected Scotland and Well Finished, through its subsidiary Danwood Scotland.

Direct mail house 4DM has continued to expand its services by taking over the UK sales agency for Italy-based inline print specialist Venturini.

Thames Print Room has expanded its presence in the digital market after installing a new HP Indigo 5500 digital press.

An un-named French printer has signed up for the first sale of the Goss M-600 Folia press.

Print entrepreneurs Ian Wright and Emma Dutton have acquired Wright Printing Services (WPS) for an undisclosed "seven-figure sum".

Begbies Traynor has given up hope of selling failed large-format printer Capital as a going concern and is now set to auction off the company's equipment.

Poplar Services Printers (PSP) has kicked off a major investment spree with a new Perfecta guillotine, which it hopes will lead to a 1m increase in turnover.

Finishing manufacturer Hunkeler is planning to show its equipment at a show in Switzerland, following 'positive sales' at this year's Drupa.

Vantage Business Systems is set to showcase the new Xerox 700 digital colour press and the wide-format Xerox 8265 together for the first time at its upcoming post-Drupa show.

A move to a more continental way of thinking by UK publishers has led to North Wales Newspapers (NWN) Media to invest 100,000 in a new stitching system.