Receivership & administration
A policy for pre-packs and phoenix companies is vital
It's not unusual for print companies to make contact with paper merchants for supplying phoenix companies and sometimes try and exert pressure not to supply them. However, the NAPM advises all members...
Whitewater and Involve Marketing Agency to be liquidated
Direct marketing agencies Whitewater Creative Services (WCS) and the Involve Marketing Agency (IMA) have closed their doors and will be liquidated by parent company, The Involve Marketing Partnership...
Hans Gronhi acquires Japanese press manufacturer Shinohara
Chinese B3 press manufacturer Hans Gronhi has acquired Japanese rival Shinohara, which filed for bankruptcy protection at the beginning of the year.
Phoenix fury prompts boycott threat
Printers have threatened to boycott suppliers who carry on trading with pre-packs, such as commercial printer Holdmede, which traded as Pelican Press and was sold to two senior employees on the day it...
Pelican Press sold out of administration in pre-pack deal
Two senior employees have led a pre-pack deal at Manchester-based commercial printer Holdmede, which traded as Pelican Press, after the company was placed into administration.
Kodak: more details emerge behind fall into Chapter 11
A dramatic collapse in licensing revenues at Kodak's Consumer Digital Imaging division and a doubling of losses at its Graphic Communications Group wing helped propel the firm into Chapter 11...
New Manroland web owner may work with sheetfed side
The new owner of Manroland's web arm has said that the company may tie up with the sheetfed division in some territories.
Manroland Web Systems acquires Manroland's UK web business
Possehl-owned Manroland Web Systems has acquired the Manroland GB web business out of administration.
'Lack of due diligence' leads to collapse at Blue Printing
Blue Printing Group's directors have tried to pin partial blame for the company's collapse on an alleged lack of support from its main funder, Close Invoice Finance.
Revill made redundant as Manroland GB sale talks stall
Manroland GB managing director Norman Revill and finance director Chris Wells have been made redundant and it appears sale talks over the future of the company have reached a crisis point.