Repro houses

Hobs Group has parted company with former Callprint managing director Steve Cheek.

Contact Originators has doubled its proofing capacity with the introduction of a second Epson SureColor P9000 wide-format printer.

Reflex Group has set up a new design and proofing service, Proof Plus, that is intended to improve accuracy of proofing and packaging design across a range a wide range of product types.

Hobs Group chief executive James Duckenfield is concerned about Brexit but excited about tech advancements in 2019.

Creation has invested in an Epson SureColor SC-P7000 STD Spectro proofer and printer alongside an X-Rite i1iO automated scanning table to enhance its proofing capabilities.

Callprint’s Liverpool-based operation has been mothballed as the administrator manages the pre-pack sale of the bulk of the business to Hobs Group.

Callprint’s trade and assets have been bought in a pre-pack by Hobs Group and are set to be rolled into its reprographics business.

Hobs Group has sold Hobs On-Site, its managed print services (MPS) division, to independent IT services business SCC, for an undisclosed sum.

Hobs Group has received a further £4m investment from the Business Growth Fund (BGF) to continue the expansion of its 3D printing, reprographics, facilities management and legal support services...

Hobs Group’s legal services division Anexsys has acquired K2 Legal Support, in a move it said had created the largest dedicated legal print and scanning business in the UK.

Benchmark Reprographics has taken delivery of a Canon Océ Arizona 460 GT, as the manufacturer said 5,000 had been sold worldwide.

Trade repro house Willows Magic has plugged into the cachet of the Heidelberg brand by installing a Linoprint CV digital press.