Commercial

RR Donnelley plans three-way split

Bigger is no longer better for RR Donnelley – the giant printing and communications conglomerate has decided to break itself up into three separate businesses.

Imega to install Speedmaster XL 105

Commercial printer Imega Print has bought a Heidelberg Speedmaster to help boost its capacity for B2B and consumer magazine work.

New ownership for Barnard & Westwood

Barnard & Westwood is the latest print business to become employee-owned via an Employee Ownership Trust.

Business inspection: Make a success of a shrinking market sector

The financial print sector has undergone radical change, but the work is there, if you know what your clients want.

Pensord cuts makeready times with UK's first 10-colour Speedmaster SX 102

Pensord Press expects to boost like-for-like efficiency by between 30% and 40% when it takes delivery of the UK’s first 10-colour Speedmaster SX 102-10P press early next year.

Blackmore wins £250,000 of work on back of UK's first KBA AMS Rapida 105

Blackmore has won around £250,000 of new work since February specifically related to its new four-colour KBA Rapida 105 press, the first in the UK fitted with Air Motion Systems' LED curing...

Digital label finisher to launch at Labelexpo

A new high-speed label-finishing machine is due to be launched by Prati at Labelexpo Europe in September.

60 seconds with Hickling & Squires

Established as a small stationery printer in 1953 by the eponymous Frank Hickling & Frank Squires, the company was bought by Mike Wells in 1982 and subsequently acquired by his son Richard Wells and...

Heidelberg plots growth strategy

Heidelberg is pledging a “return to growth” in the future, despite posting sales down 4% for 2014/2015 including a 15-month contribution from Gallus.

Hedgerow Print 'triples capacity' with Komori investment

Crediton, Devon-based Hedgerow Print has installed a Komori LS529 with UV drying in the largest single investment in the company's 26-year history.