Europe

Regional tensions have apparently failed to dampen demand for Fespa Eurasia 2016 in Istanbul, with organisers expecting a record turn out for the CNR Expo from 8 to 11 December 2016.

To hire or not to hire? That is the question.

Summer’s here, the sun is out and the silly season is upon us – which means that interesting industry news is harder to find than a daily newspaper without a photo of Tom Daley in his budgie-smugglers...

The Brexit vote shook confidence, concludes the BPIF’s latest quarterly Printing Outlook, and as the survey highlights, no one likes uncertainty.

Sun Chemical is to acquire Flint Group’s European publication gravure ink business.

Compared with the momentous events of late, the past couple of weeks have been fairly tame – all that seems to have happened is that we now have a new Prime Minister.

Boring.

With the hustings over and the EU vote just days away, recruitment specialist Harrison Scott and PrintWeek teamed up to find out if print professionals want in or out.

For two weeks this month, the PrintWeek team has been in what can only be described as a Drupa bubble – having decamped to Düsseldorf to produce the show’s daily newspaper.

Drupa 2016 exhibitors seem to have summed up the show in two words: “exceeded expectations”.

Alex White, managing director of finishing kit manufacturer Blackman & White, stated his desire for the UK to remain in the EU at Sign & Digital UK.

Imagenet, the graphics services division of packaging giant Coveris, has acquired graphics business Rivendell Europe for an undisclosed sum.

Like racehorses, chomping at the bit to exit the starting gate, it seemed only a matter of seconds after the date of the long-awaited EU in-out referendum was announced that politicians were racing to...