Digital printing

Heatherbank has become the first commercial printer in the UK to install a Mimaki UCJV300-160 integrated printer-cutter, part of a wider investment programme.

Further industry consolidation could be on the cards, with speculation that Xerox and Fujifilm “could strike a major deal” according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

Wood Richardson is taking its first steps into the web-to-print market, having struck a deal with Infigo Software.

Printmates has enhanced its ability to deal with complex short-run work with the installation of a Horizon CRF 362 folder-creaser.

Plastic Card Services’ new managing director is celebrating the end of a “phenomenal year” which culminated in being shortlisted for a European Business Award.

Rapidity has expanded onto a second site with the acquisition of litho and digital printer Lefa Print.

Meteor Inkjet and Xaar have collaborated to produce an inkjet development kit and commercial drive electronics set for the Xaar 1201 printhead.

Northside Graphics has won its fourth business award in recent months: Best Online Company of the Year at the UTV Business Eye Awards.

The row between Xerox investor Carl Icahn and the group’s board has escalated after Icahn posted an open letter to Xerox shareholders calling for change at the top of the company.

Xerox has robustly defended its performance in response to a move by activist investor Carl Icahn to make changes to the group’s board, with Icahn even going so far as to effectively call for the...

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