Printers

Reflex Group in double acquisition and £10m equipment spend
Reflex Group has continued to expand after acquiring two businesses, Progressive-ID and Century Art, for an undisclosed sum.

Park directors raise more than £5,000 for cancer charity
Two directors of Park Communications are taking to their bicycles this weekend to pedal all the way to Amsterdam to raise thousands of pounds for charity.

Pitney Bowes secures long-term Communisis contract
Communisis has appointed Pitney Bowes as a long-term transactional mail hardware and software supplier in a move it said will drive productivity and continuous improvement initiatives.

CPI reveals plans for NFC-powered printed energy harvester
The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) has formed part of a UK-based consortium to develop a mass-market printed energy-harvesting device powered via near-field communication.

Double Ricoh buy for Lola Print
Lola Print is enjoying "exceptional print results" after overhauling its press room and installing a Ricoh Pro C7100 and C5100.

TVGuide.co.uk hails successful print launch
TV magazine, the spin-off ‘freemium’ print magazine of website TVGuide.co.uk, has reported a successful first few months, as it adapts its online content to suit the print title’s city...

Peter Scott Printers reveals investment plans as it marks 55th anniversary
Peter Scott Printers has celebrated its 55th year in business by announcing a raft of investment plans and holding celebrations for staff past and present.

Quarmby Colour hopes for turnover boost with EFI investment
Large-format print company Quarmby Colour hopes to increase turnover by 50% after this week installing an EFI Vutek GS3250LX with UltraDrop printheads.

Active Brand Concepts brings short runs in-house with Afinia buy
Brand development company Active Brand Concepts has become the first UK business to purchase an Afinia Label DLP-2000 digital label press.

Dantex launches new high-speed UV inkjet digital label press
Pre-press and pressroom consumables distributor Dantex has announced the PicoColour II high-speed UV inkjet digital label press.

Osborne's 'Emergency Budget' largely welcomed by print
Chancellor George Osborne has announced plans to introduce a national ‘living wage’ in his Emergency Budget speech earlier today (8 July).

New Fifty Shades book smashes sales record
Grey, the latest novel by Fifty Shades of Grey author EL James, has sold more copies in the UK in its first three days than any adult title has in its first week.