Companies & suppliers
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.
Manroland headed for break-up as suitors eye manufacturing sites
Prospects of a successful investors' agreement for Manroland have improved according to the insolvent press manufacturer's administrator with a break-up of the company seemingly the most likely...
Goodhead staff await 'serious' announcement
Goodhead Group is set to make a major announcement to staff tomorrow morning (5 January).
Harrier LLC installs Horizon book-binding system
Harrier LLC has installed a Horizon BQ470V PUR book-binding system from Intelligent Finishing Systems (IFS) for its Truprint photobook business.