Commercial

GT4 Group, owner of Glasgow-based labels and packaging printer Gavin Watson and creative agency GT4, has acquired fellow Scottish commercial printer Creative Colour Bureau (CCB) in an all-share deal.

A slowdown in sales in China has hit Q3 results at Heidelberg, and while operating performance has improved, restructuring costs have propelled the group’s bottom-line loss to €95m (£71m).

Potts Print (UK) will take delivery of a 15,000sph Heidelberg XL 75 six-colour plus coater this week as part of its £3m capital investment programme.

Apex Digital Graphics and Intelligent Finishing Systems (IFS) will hold a joint open house at Apex's Hertfordshire showroom from 10-12 March.

Manroland Sheetfed has imposed short-time working on approximately 800 staff at its manufacturing facility in Offenbach, according to German media reports.

Healeys Print Group has invested £350,000 in a complete refurbishment of its digital print department on the back of 40% digital revenue growth in the past 13 months.

Herts & Essex Printers has installed an 18-month-old five-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster SX 52 with coater as part of an £800,000 plant upgrade.

Imprima has been split into two businesses with an MBO team taking over the financial printing side of the operation.

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