Companies & suppliers

One third of Southernprint staff facing axe in New Year job cuts

More than 100 jobs are under threat at Southernprint and Southern Binders as a result of plans to cut "uneconomic capacity", while remaining staff could face changes to their terms and conditions.

Prudential UK hands 10-year deal to RR Donnelley

Prudential UK has awarded a 10-year contract from 2011 to manage its print needs to RR Donnelley Global Document Solutions (GDS).

Specle announces major classified deal with Associated Newspapers

Specle has continued to expand its strategic pre-press partnership with Loveurope after signing its first major classified ad deal with Associated Newspapers.

New NEC screen for colour work

NEC has launched the SpectraView 231, a 23inch IPS LCD monitor designed for 'colour-critical users'handling digital photo editing, colour workflow and video processing.

Communisis Q3 trading in line with expectations

Communisis is confident of meeting its full year targets after releasing its Q3 management statement in which it said that trading during the three months to 30 September was in line with...

Repro India conducts publisher's conclave on future trends in publishing

Mumbai based commercial print service provider Repro India, organised a publishers conclave on the 17 September 2010 in New Delhi.

Bauer suppliers all retained in latest tender

Bauer Media is remaining tight-lipped about the result of its annual print tender and has declined to reveal the details of any major title moves between its suppliers.

BPIF report reveals production workers wages have slumped

Shopfloor workers in the print sector have been hit with an average earnings decrease of 11.5%, according to the BPIF's latest Manpower Survey 2010 report.

Demand makes Eclipse double web muscle with Goss M-600

Eclipse Colour is to more than double its web printing capacity in order to meet customer demand, and has opted for a new M-600 16pp press from Goss International.

Sheth announces new installations for Daya

Noida-based Sheth Printograph has announced installation of its Daya brand of automatic embossing machine at Brijbasi Art Press, located in Delhi NCR Noida. This has taken its tally of installations...