Companies & suppliers

Forward founder appointed to chair children's charity
Neil Mendoza, founder of Forward publishing, has been appointed chairman of The Prince's Foundation for Children and the Arts.

Polestar Sheffield gets Nordic Ecolabel accreditation
Polestar Sheffield has become the first UK printing plant to be awarded the Nordic Ecolabel environmental accreditation.

PrintWeek Awards celebrate Power of Print as winners are revealed
Inc Direct was crowned PrintWeek Company of the Year at last night's PrintWeek Awards at London's Grosvenor House.

Kodak opens new European HQ
Kodak has officially opened its new combined European headquarters, inkjet demo facility and EAMER technology centre in Eysins, Switzerland.

Ipex 2014 Master Classes aim to help printers become more profitable
Ipex 2014 has outlined details of its Master Classes seminar programme for SME printers.

Charles Gee Group appoints administrators
Geoff Rowley, Phil Armstrong and Andrew Sheridan, partners at FRP Advisory, have been appointed joint administrators to the Charles Gee Group of Companies and several of its trading subsidiaries.

EFI hails LED growth and celebrates Printcafe anniversary
EFI chief executive officer Guy Gecht hailed the success of the firm's LED curing technology with its customers and commercial print buyers on the group's third quarter earnings call last week.

CMC demonstrates Cartonwrap at official launch
CMC Machinery has demonstrated its Cartonwrap machine to customers and the press for the first time at an official launch event at its factory in Citta di Castello, Italy.

Harrier LLC installs new Kolbus binding line
Harrier LLC has installed a Kolbus DA 260 casemaker and Kolbus BF 512 casing-in machine as part of a "heavy investment" push which has also seen the company add an eighth HP Indigo and other...

UCI and Print Club London launch Cardpress
Urban Cottage Industries (UCI) and Print Club London have launched Cardpress, a personalised greetings card business with a difference.