Companies & suppliers

St Ives profits double as sales slide

First-half profits have almost doubled at St Ives, according to figures released this morning (9 March).

Seal Graphics launches low-cost anti-graffiti film

Seal Graphics UK has released a new low-cost anti-graffiti film in order to help printers and print finishers combat the effects of the recession.

Heidelberg preparing digital move

Heidelberg has confirmed that it is talking to possible digital partners to enable it to sell digital presses in 170 countries and said that a deal should be in place by the end of the year.

Sun Chemical unveils 'white tile' ink plant

Sun Chemical has unveiled its new "white tile" manufacturing facility for low migration and low odour packaging inks - the group's first of this kind worldwide.

UPDATE: Moss takes stake in McKenzie Clark

Ben Moss, formerly Service Graphics sales director, has taken a stake in McKenzie Clark and joined the firm as commercial director.

St Ives slams 'sub-economic prices' following IPC loss

St Ives has said that it will "not chase volumes at sub-economic prices" following the loss of its IPC contract to web offset rival Wyndeham Press Group.

A mix of branding and tradition boosts sales of the world's largest calmanac

PrintWeek India - The Salgaokars ensure that Kalnirnay retains its strategic advantage in a competitive market-place, as Ramu Ramanathan finds out

KPMG 'confident' of sale of TPF and Reelform manufacturing business

The manufacturing business of The Print Factory (TPF) and continuous stationery printer Reelform is continuing to trade in administration, servicing the recently sold BPO business and other contracts,...

TPF and DSR in administration as O2O picks up BPO arm

The Print Factory London (1991) (TPF) and DSR Group have been placed in administration with KPMG and the trade and assets of the print management division have been sold to Office2office (O2O).

Enfocus Switch 09 gets commercial launch

Switch 09, the latest version of Enfocus's Switch family of workflow automation tools, is now commercially available and includes "significant enhancements" over its predecessor.