David Dalton, the Kent Messenger Group production director and former group managing director of HunterPrint, has died, aged 61, after a struggle against cancer.

Foil Ribbon & Impact Printing Group (FRIP) hopes to double its London turnover in the next two years with the opening of a new company for the South East market.

Inca Digital Printers hopes that OEM companies and those wanting to add digital foiling to their portfolio will be queuing to sign up for a new digital foiling process that it will showcase at Ipex.

Rudolph Hell, one of the great printing technology developers of the 20th century, has died aged 100.

PrintChannel, the web-based print service, is beating the e-slump by gaining more funding to buy technology assets, while rival Collabria has gone out of business

Sil-Die has received a worldwide patent for its Dedicated Foiling Bed (DFB) system, which it claims can reduce makeready times of repeat work by well over 50%

The lack of a buyer for Jarvis Porters wet-glue label operation in Leeds has forced the company to break up the plant and sell the presses and other machinery off piecemeal.

Foiling specialist Blockfoil is successfully promoting its foil printing as a means for publishers to increase sales of their products through added shelf appeal.

Therm-O-Type has chosen Drupa as its European launch pad for a new series of 6,000cph sheetfed foil presses.