- Stralfors is to cut up to 30 staff at its Dartford operation after announcing plans to migrate away from "commoditised print and direct mail" to added-value digital print.
- Mimaki will give a European debut to its new dye sublimation printer, the TS34-1800A, when it exhibits at Fespa 2012 later this month.
- Wide-format manufacturer Polytype has said that its UV-curable print platform, the Virtu Quantum, offers an "unparalleled combination of speed and quality".
- Stay up to date with your procurement supply chain thanks to print industry news at your fingertips. This week: BGP and Stones staff mull pay cut; CPI UK to install second inkjet; Landa promises nano-scale printing; Communisis welcomes positive 2011; ex WCB staff win unfair dismissal tribunal
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- Reflex Print has downsized from five-colour to four-colour print production after a drop in demand for sealing.
- SMP Group has boosted its flatbed capabilities with the installation of an Agfa M-Press Leopard.
- Ipex 2014 organiser Informa Exhibitions will invite hesitant potential exhibitors to a series of open day tours over the coming months to showcase the new London Excel venue.
- BPIF public affairs adviser Andrew Brown has cautiously backed the Federation of Small Businesses' (FSB) calls for the government to "think small" in order to catalyse job creation.
- Baking case manufacturer Chevler has acquired five-staff, Cardiff-based greaseproof paper printer Lovely Packaging.
- HP has revealed that its newly-launched Scitex FB225 ink adheres to AgBB criteria, which evaluates VOC emissions of indoor building products.
- Fespa's head of events and new media Duncan MacOwan has said that next month's show is an ideal place for printers to develop or expand their sustainability programmes.
- EFI has confirmed that its dye sublimation printer, the EFI Vutek TX3250r, is now commercially available.
- Roland DG (UK) managing director Jerry Davies has said that the company will continue to strive to make sure it is "a great company to do business with" after being awarded Investors in People (IIP) accreditation.
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- Xaar has confirmed that all staff at its China office have resigned over "unfair treatment" of themselves and customers, allegations the manufacturer refutes.
- Emblem Group has unveiled a new free magazine for the capital, Scout London, which it is calling "the perfect handbook to the city".
- Fujifilm will give a UK debut to its latest UV printer, the Acuity LED 1600, which emits no VOCs, at Sign & Digital UK 2012.
- John Watson & Company has officially launched its 10-colour Gallus Pressure Sensitive Label press with a visit from Fergus Ewing MSP, minister for energy, enterprise and tourism.
