Companies & suppliers

FMG's Simon Berg in Ceros move

FMG chief executive Simon Berg has stepped down from his role at the North London-headquartered pre-media business to head up the group's digital publishing platform Ceros.

GMC joins Screen Equiosnet partner programme

GMC Software Technology has joined the partner programme for Screen's open platform PDF-based workflow Equiosnet, meaning users can will benefit from verified connectivity between the two firms'...

MAN and Allianz pledge 24m for Manroland staff

Former Manroland owners MAN Group and Allianz have agreed to provide financial support for the thousands of staff that could be made redundant through the company's Chapter 11-style restructuring.

New Year predictions - Heidelberg's Lance O'Connell

Lance O'Connell, Prinect and CTP business manager, Heidelberg UK

Epson teams with EFI to offer proofing bundles

Epson has partnered with EFI to offer an in-house proofing package, comprising Epson printers and RIP software from EFI, to designers, agencies and advertising departments.

New UK distributors appointed for Trelleborg Vulcan printing blankets

BFS Pressroom Solutions has taken over the converting and distributing of Trelleborg's Vulcan printing blankets for the heatset, coldset and business forms sectors from Manroland.

Heron redundancies 'rub salt in employees wounds' says Unite

Unite has said that Wyndeham Group's decision to make 86 employees redundant at its Heron subsidiary "rubs salt into the wound" after staff agreed a pay cut to avoid job losses.

Kodak 'on brink of Chapter 11' report claims

Kodak could be preparing to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to the Wall Street Journal, as its struggle to secure new funding comes to a head.

GPS rebrands as Wifac International

Wifac Group subsidiary GPS, which is the European distributor for a range of Asian pre-press manufacturers, has rebranded as Wifac International.

DS Smith chairman Peter Johnson resigns

DS Smith has announced that its chairman Peter Johnson has decided to step down from the position he has held since 2007 and resign from the board he first joined as a non-exec in 1999.