Print buying

Circle Media Group has established a major presence in the UK with the takeover of pan-European book printer CPI Group, in the latest industry consolidation play.

SP Group’s owner has cited the loss of a major customer and a catastrophic halving of forecasted sales at the business as precipitating the shock decision to put the business into administration.

An employee at Wyndeham Bicester has died following an incident involving a roll clamp truck.

SP Group has been placed into administration by its new owner just four months after the business was purchased from St Ives.

Walstead has made another huge continental acquisition – the group is taking over the €200m (£179m) turnover web offset business in Poland that used to be owned by RR Donnelley.

South Africa’s Reserve Bank (SARB) has issued its first-ever set of commemorative banknotes to mark the birth centenary of Nelson Mandela.

Debenhams’ in-house printing operation Magenta has been put up for sale as part of a restructure at the struggling retailer.

InnerWorkings could have overstated its pre-tax profits by between $4.5m-$7m (£3.4m-£5.3m) according to the latest information from the company.

An upcoming asset sale in the US could spark interest from around the globe as it includes multiple Timsons book presses.

Printing companies of all shapes and sizes have been busy showcasing the power of print ahead of England’s first World Cup semi-final in a generation this evening.