Printers

De La Rue posted a 3% rise in first half revenue and pre-tax profits in its interim statement yesterday (27 November), despite a 15% drop in banknote paper volumes.

Scottish print firm Armstrong Printing appointed provisional liquidators on 29 October after it filed a winding up plea with the Sheriff of Tayside Central and Fife.

KPMG's Allan Graham and David Standish were appointed joint administrators at Goodhead Group today (28 November), and the business was immediately sold to Polestar, retaining all 518 jobs.

Traditional hand-sewn flag manufacturer Hampshire Flag Company has increased its investment in digital technology with a Zund G3 XL-3200 digital cutter.

Communisis has won a significant transactional print contract from one of its major statement printing rivals RR Donnelley GDS.

Gemini Group's operating profit rose more than 150% in the year to 30 June 2012 following the management reorganisation and restructuring of the previous year.

Print procurement consultancy Blue Buffalo has been awarded the contract to tender the print of UK healthcare giant Bupa, a long-standing client of print management company RR Donnelley GDS.

Bournemouth Colour Press has installed a Technotrans Alpha.r3 reverse osmosis system to standardise water pH and conductivity for its dampening solution in its new Speedmaster XL 75-5.

InnerWorkings CEO Eric Belcher has predicted growth for the company's managed print services in the year ahead as more large corporations look for a single vendor to handle their global brand and...