Digital printing

Xerox has recruited a former government technology director to be its new chief commercial officer.

Meteor Inkjet has relocated to a new, larger office at the Harston Mill complex in Harston, near Cambridge, to support its continued growth.

Four Create Print has installed an HP Indigo 7900 as the first machine in its new in-house small-format wing.

Route One Print will become the first UK company to install a Landa S10P Nanographic printing press, in a move the firm believes will help facilitate a broader shift to print-on-demand models.

Callprint Group's former managing director Steve Cheek has taken control of its Dubai business, and also has a fresh involvement in a UK trade printer.

Callprint is understood to be courting buyers as a notice of intention to appoint administrators at the London-headquartered group was posted at the High Court.

A number of employees have been laid off at the sheetfed and digital operations of G&H Print Services, and the firm’s website has been taken down.

Awesome Merchandise has smashed its crowdfunding target and has now entered an ‘overfunding’ phase.

HP revealed a number of enhancements for its Indigo presses at the IGAS exhibition in Japan in July, including a screen to increase sharpness and a silver ink for metallic applications.

Heidelberg has reported an increase in orders and turnover as it closes the first quarter of the 2018-19 financial year, with its longer-term targets looking increasingly “realistic”.

SP Group ceased production earlier this week and the majority of workers at the business have now been made redundant.

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon visited Bell & Bain this week and met with apprentices at the Glasgow book printer.