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Kern appoints new UK general manager

Mailing equipment manufacturer Kern has appointed Michelle Heer as its new UK general manager.

Warwick Printing Company in Ashgate investment

Warwick Printing Company has become one of the first printers to purchase Ashgate Automation’s KF640 bookletmaker and trimmer with a squarefold in-line unit.

Bang Tidy dye-sub investment for clothing specialist

Bang Tidy Clothing has invested around £90,000 in new kit to enable it to offer a specialist dye-sublimation print service onto large-format aluminium sheets from substrate supplier Metal.

Sherwin Rivers ups efficiency with Horizon investment

Print and design company Sherwin Rivers has invested around £60,000 in a Horizon SPF-200A bookletmaker with two Horizon VAC-1000 collating towers to boost its capacity and efficiency.

Hobs Group divests MPS arm

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

Former Cestrian MD launches new project management business

Former Cestrian managing director Phill Reynolds has launched new business OPOC, which offers a field management tool of the same name to make data collection more efficient, allowing businesses to...

Colour Graphics in £700k wide-format spend

Colour Graphics has invested around £700,000 on new wide-format machinery to bring in new business and ramp up its turnover by 25% in the next year.

Whistl launches local marketing service for SMEs

Whistl Doordrop Media has launched Leafletdrop, a new self-service digital platform aimed at SMEs.

Cestrian acquired by Arian owner

Large-format printer Cestrian has been acquired by 3a-Group, owner of Austrian digital and screen printing specialist Arian, for an undisclosed sum.

Fastsigns eyes up digital signage growth

Sign and display franchise Fastsigns has its sights set on further digital signage growth in 2018 after experiencing success in the area last year.

Queen’s Awards recognise industry players

Four print-related businesses have been recognised in this year’s Queen’s Awards for Enterprise.

‘Seamless book of one’ production goes live at Printondemand-worldwide

Digital book printer Printondemand-worldwide has boosted its ‘book of one’ production capabilities after going live with its new Screen Truepress Jet 520HD colour inkjet web press.