Digital

J Thomson boosts folding capacity with MBO investment
Commercial litho and digital printer J Thomson Colour Printers has made "a significant six-figure investment" in two new MBO folding machines, a K8-RS and a T800, to "almost double" its folding...

Paperlinx UK to open Digital Academies
Paperlinx UK is opening Digital Academies in Manchester, Glasgow and London to show customers how to get the best out of their wide-format technology.

Pureprint installs second HP Indigo 10000 in UK first
Uckfield-based digital and litho printer Pureprint has become the first company in the UK to install a second HP Indigo 10000 B2 digital press.

Greyhound invests in Speedmaster to boost capacity
Greyhound Print has bought a Heidelberg Speedmaster SM 52-2 to enable it to cope with increased demand of full-colour work and longer runs.

Timsons to stop manufacturing litho presses and focus on digital
UK press manufacturer Timsons has laid off “between 30 and 40” of its staff after restructuring its business to concentrate on the manufacture of digital book presses.

Brunel expands offering with Motioncutter
Brunel Promotions will install a Motioncutter laser finishing system later this year.

LumeJet selected as one of Britain’s most promising digital companies
LumeJet has been selected by an independent panel of advisors as one of the most promising digital companies in Britain as part of the Pitch 10 event.

Potts hits M&A trail with Bakershaw buy
Potts Print (UK) has bought Bakershaw Print, a smaller local rival, in a deal that the Northumberland-based commercial print, direct mail and packaging specialist hopes will be the first of several...

Konica Minolta and APCOM partner to boost school and charity print revenues
Konica Minolta ran a one-off workshop for Association of Print and Communication Managers (APCOM) last week to discuss various ways that schools and charities can generate new print revenues.

Fespa announces 2014 Digital Textile Conference
Fespa will host its fourth Digital Textile Conference on 2 October 2014, at Grand Hotel Villa Torretta in Milan, Italy.

Portobello Press in administration after sale falls through
Portobello Press has fallen into administration after a potential buyer pulled out at the last minute, resulting in the loss of 23 jobs.

Landa secures €100m investment and updates press roll out plan
Landa Digital Printing has received a €100m (£80m) investment from specialty chemicals company Altana, which will be used to complete the commercialisation of the firm’s nanographic presses.