Business

Positive Images UK invests in EFI MarketDirect
Positive Images UK has moved into data-driven multichannel marketing after installing EFI’s DirectSmile cross-media suite, which it will soon have upgraded to MarketDirect, the rebranded and...

Insolvent German paper mills update on progress
German paper mills Feldmuehle Uetersen and Papierfabrik Scheufelen, which both filed for insolvency in January, have updated on their progress with days to go until bankruptcy proceedings kick off at...

Hickling & Squires kicks off £1m investment programme
Commercial and digital printer Hickling & Squires has initiated a £1m 2018 investment programme with the installation of an eight-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75 press.

Centenarian Elpeeko goes into liquidation
Lincoln-based printer Elpeeko has been placed into creditors' voluntary liquidation, the 113-year-old business closing its doors less than a year after three directors took the reins through a...

Positive ID Labels acquires Limbus Labels
Positive ID Labels has acquired Limbus Labels, for an undisclosed sum.

Bursali Towels soaks up benefits of dye-sub with DGI install
Towel maker Bursali Towels has extended its capacity with the installation of a DGI Fabrijet FT-1908 dye-sub printer.

Web-first and signage lead Grafenia's growth plans at home and abroad
Grafenia has made moves to angle its Nettl offering more towards web-first and signage due to challenges in traditional print, as it heads towards the end of its 2017/18 financial year.

Central Foiling adds laminating to portfolio
Central Foiling has rounded off a £170,000 investment with the purchase of a laminator to bring more work in-house.

Hatch Print confirms official vegan accreditation
Hatch Print has become the first UK printer to receive official accreditation from the Vegetarian Society.

Future buys five Haymarket consumer titles in £14m deal
Haymarket Media Group has sold five of its titles to Future Publishing in a deal thought to be worth up to £14m.

KMS Litho brings lamination in-house with new Foliant
Oxfordshire commercial printer KMS Litho has brought lamination in-house after investing in a B2+ Foliant Mercury 530SF laminator with Foliant’s multi-functional Inprinting Unit.

M Partners wins double gold at US awards
M Partners has been named as a gold award winner in two categories in the 12th annual Stevie Awards for Sales and Customer Service, presented in Las Vegas at the end of February.