Companies & suppliers

News International has found a replacement for departed chief executive Tom Mockridge in former BSkyB chief operating officer Mike Darcey.

Readers Digest UK has cut 95 staff from its 120-strong workforce with immediate effect, citing declining book, DVD and CD sales.

Suffolk-based TFR Print Finishing has entered liquidation owing almost 70,000 to its creditors.

Polestar Varnicoat looks set to close after the company kicked off a 30 day consultation at the site on Wednesday (2 January).

Bobst has created a new business zone for northwest Europe with Craig Moran appointed as business director for the area from 1 January.

Printing.com has signed up the first customers to its white label W3P hosted web-to-print platform, after 10 of its franchisees made the switch thereby dropping the franchise network's own branding.

Friedheim International has been appointed as the exclusive UK distributor for German finishing manufacturer Kohmann.

Informa Exhibitions has highlighted the "real appetite from European PSPs" for print trade shows in a response to Xerox's "regrettable" decision to pull out of Ipex 2014.

Ace Bookbinders has expanded its capabilities by taking over hand finishing company Monarch.

Cambridge-based inkjet manufacturer Domino has revealed the identity of its first N600i inkjet label press customer.