Commercial

Gas and electricity supplier Npower has renewed its transactional mail contract with Opus Trust Marketing for another three years in a multi-million pound deal.

KBA has agreed a new set of employee regulations which will see staff jobs in Germany protected until 30 June 2015, but will give the company the right to reduce weekly working times.

Manroland Sheetfed has delivered its 100th press since its acquisition by Langley Holdings on 9 February 2012.

Alfred Rothlaender is to leave his temporary role as head of Manroland Sheetfed Systems at the end of the year.

UK-based drying systems manufacturer Benford UV has expanded its footprint in the US by announcing a partnership with Motnana-based Pierry Manufacturing.

German OEM manufacturer BDT has signed a $50m (£30m) four-year deal to supply its Tornado paper transport technology for use in two of HP Indigo's new B2 digital presses.

De La Rue's contract to print the UK's banknotes could come to an end as the Bank of England (BoE) has issued a tender notice asking up to five operators to bid for the 1bn contract.

Fujifilm has taken the first European orders for its B2 inkjet Jet Press 720 from two companies in Austria and France.

Envelope printer First Class Post was fined 2,500 and ordered to pay 1,041 in costs by Leeds magistrates for allowing staff to be lifted nearly six metres in a box perched on a forklift truck.

ESP Colour has smashed its own global productivity record after achieving 498 makereadies and 2.1m impressions at an average 17,108 sheets per hour in one 168 hour week on its XL 105.