Litho

Smurfit Kappa UK has agreed to acquire independent Corby-based litho-laminated packaging specialist CRP Print and Packaging Holdings for an undisclosed sum.

Popular jazz singer-songwriter Jamie Cullum has launched his own "occasional" magazine, <i>The Eighty-Eight</i>, with the help of Shropshire-based printer Precision Colour Printing (PCP).

Manroland Sheetfed has taken its first UK press order since its administration and sale to Langley Holdings in March 2012, from Derbyshire-based fashion house David Nieper.

Spectrum Printing Services (SPS) has installed a second Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75-5+L five years after taking one of the UK's first XL presses.

Spin Print Solutions has installed a five-colour Hans Gronhi B3 press and ordered an additional two-colour model as part of a 600,000 litho, digital and finishing kit spend.

South East London commercial printer Newgate Concise has appointed liquidators Bailey Ahmad after suddenly closing its doors in mid-August.

Commercial printers NB Colour Print has invested over half a million in a Heidelberg five-colour Speedmaster SM 74 B2 press with perfector and coater, to replace three aging Komori presses.

Printers Superstore has secured an agency tie-up with MGI to sell the French manufacturer's digital presses and spot UV coaters in the north of England and Scotland.

Apex Digital Graphics has announced the arrival of the UK's first Ryobi 760E press, after details were unveiled following Drupa 2012.

Polestar has renewed its contract to print a range of journals for the British Medical Association.