Litho

KBA (UK) has taken on two new high-profile staff to help with its flexo drive and sheetfed press sales.

McAllister Litho has switched from Heidelberg to Komori in a £3m investment in new presses, pre-press and a substantial Tharstern MIS upgrade.

Jaymar Packaging is the first UK company to use IST (UK)’s new UV retrofit service, after adding a conventional UV system to a six-colour-plus-coater Manroland 700.

Delta Print and Packaging chairman Terry Cross has been awarded an OBE in the Queen's New Year's Honours list for services to the economy and voluntary service to the community in Northern Ireland.

Peter Scott Printers has boosted its production capability after buying a secondhand B1 Heidelberg CD 102 six-colour press.

Ordnance Survey (OS) has returned to print by agreeing to acquire a 25% shareholding in its printer, Dennis Maps.

Lanes Printers has bought a secondhand KBA Rapida 105 in an aim to boost its turnover by freeing up capacity to enable it to take on additional work.

A family business which started as a tomato grower before switching to screen printing has reached its 60th year.

New litho-focused printer White Star Printing has said it is on track to hit its first-year turnover goal of £750,000 after a successful first quarter of trading.

Trinity Mirror plans to close its Newcastle printing plant putting 49 jobs under threat.