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Ortek closes doors
Midlands-based printer Ortek has closed its doors.
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'Internal factors' to blame for Essentra profits slide
Essentra has blamed recent poor financial performance on “internal, not external factors”, after announcing details of a strategic review yesterday alongside its H1 2017 results.
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Updated: Cimpress expects new strategy to pay off
Cimpress has posted a bigger than expected loss after a year of substantial change, but chief executive Robert Keane believes the global print giant's fresh strategy has improved its future...
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Essentra to take £35m hit on site closure
Around 150 jobs are set to go with the proposed closure of an Essentra site that only opened last year.
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De La Rue produces polymer £10 for Clydesdale
Clydesdale Bank’s new £10 polymer banknote will go into circulation in September.
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Renz bolsters portfolio with new launches
Renz has expanded its product portfolio with the launch of the Argos F400 cold UV coating machine and the Bindomatic Accel Cube and Accel Ultra thermal cover binding machines.
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VR Print steps in at stricken NXP
Kent-based VR Print has taken on the assets and goodwill of NXP Europe, which went into administration last week.
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Ad spend grows again but print spend still falling
UK advertising expenditure grew by 1.3% year-on-year in Q1 2017 but print continued to decline, despite direct mail exceeding forecasts, according to new research.
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KJB launches wide-format division after buy
KJB Print UK has launched a new wide-format division, Creative Digital Printing Solutions (CDPS), after purchasing the assets and trading name of Creative Digital Printing, which went into...
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First 4 Direct Mail takes Riso cut-sheet
Direct mail house First 4 Direct Mail (F4DM) has become one of the first UK companies to take the Riso ComColor GD9630 cut-sheet printer.