Printing

APS Group earns KBA award

APS Group has been awarded the KBA (UK) 1814 Production Excellence Award, following its installation, six weeks ago, of a KBA Rapida 106 10-colour long perfecting press.

Konica Minolta launches partnership with St Bride Foundation

Konica Minolta has formed a partnership with the St Bride Foundation to help the non-profit organisation preserve its artefacts for future generations.

John Good stages £2.9m kit investment

Theatre programme specialist John Good is looking to break into new markets after investing £2.9m in three new printing presses and two finishing machines for brochures and programmes.

New kit and contracts mark 25 years for GNE

Great Northern Envelopes (GNE) is celebrating 25 years in business with new kit purchases and contract wins.

Smurfit Kappa acquires CRP Print and Packaging

Smurfit Kappa UK has agreed to acquire independent Corby-based litho-laminated packaging specialist CRP Print and Packaging Holdings for an undisclosed sum.

Fespa Digital 2014 targets sell out in Munich

Fespa Digital 2014 is targeting a sell-out event in Munich next year after already surpassing the net exhibitor space at the previous event in Barcelona last year.

Frankfurt Book Fair: 'Print will always be important'

The chief executive of the world's largest trade book publisher has stressed the ongoing importance of print whilst taking part in a panel discussion at the Frankfurt Book Fair last week (9-13...

Clays feeling v red faced and like a right Rodney over Bridget Jones mix-up

A production error at St Ives Clays resulted in yesterday's most-read story on the BBC website.

Jamie Cullum indulges his passion for typography with The Eighty-Eight

Popular jazz singer-songwriter Jamie Cullum has launched his own "occasional" magazine, <i>The Eighty-Eight</i>, with the help of Shropshire-based printer Precision Colour Printing (PCP).

Digitalblanks' debut for Roland VersaUV kit

Digitalblanks.com has bought one of the first Roland VersaUV LEF-20 desktop flatbed machines in the UK, which can print an iPhone5 case in 15 seconds.

Printers speed date buyers at IPIA event

Print was hailed as a "crucial part of the mix" again and no longer the "poor relation" of e-comms at last week's conference of the Independent Print Industries Association (IPIA).

Canon extends Océ Variostream 7100 series

Canon group company Océ has expanded its Variostream 7100 series of entry-level monochrome, simplex, continuous feed printers with the addition of a new higher speed model, the Variostream 7170.