Global Graphics has forked out $4.5m to acquire workflow solutions developer Xitron as it seeks to strengthen its offering for the industrial inkjet market, such as textiles and décor.
Carols for Printers - the annual Christmas event of the BPIF in conjunction with The Printing Charity, The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers, the St Bride Foundation and Unite - will take place from 6pm on Tuesday 10 December at St Brides Church, Fleet Street, London.
EFI has released its new Fiery digital front end (DFE) software platform, the Fiery FS400 Pro. New technologies coming to market with the launch include tools for colour management and enhancement, spot-colour reproduction and variable-data print (VDP) management.
CorrBoard Bioenergy (CB Bio), a joint venture between packaging and display trade specialist Swanline Group and paper-based packaging producer McLaren Packaging, has invested £5.5m in the creation of the world’s first sustainable energy generation facility fuelled by organic waste, to provide heat and power for the manufacture of corrugated sheet board.
New from EFI is an extension to its MarketDirect platform. MarketDirect PackCentral is intended to help packaging and corrugated PSPs streamline their end-to-end workflows, while also providing future-ready features like SmartBox Designer, a new tool to simplify and visualise on-line 3D design.
The BPIF has used its latest Brexit Bulletin to outline the latest state of play for print businesses given the 12 December General Election and 31 January 2020 Brexit extension.
Are you out in the sticks? If so, have you thought of applying to the government’s Growth Programme, which opens on Monday 4 November for expressions of interest from rural companies/start-ups wanting financial help to purchase state-of-art equipment and machinery to grow their business (or open up opportunities for tourism!).
