Printers

Printer and publisher Forward Press has ceased to trade and made all of its 100 staff redundant.

De La Rue has reported a 57% drop in first half operating profit to 20.5m following the previously announced 35m hit arising from its 'paper production issues'.

Charles Jarrold has a new role at St Ives, and will become managing director of the group's web division from next month.

KBA UK has presented its inaugural 1814 Production Excellence Award to Cambrian Printers.

2M Print is set to ramp up its photobook production following the launch of its new consumer-facing business, Smiley Hippo, on the back of an investment in Taopix Photobook software.

Links Labels & Tapes has taken delivery of an HP Indigo ws4050 press coupled with a Digicon Lite converter to cope with an increasing demand for fast turnaround four- and six-colour work.

Further proposals regarding job losses at Southernprint and Southern Binders have emerged, with remaining employees set to face increased working hours for reduced wages.

A delegation of UK web offset printers has visited Mazzucchelli in Italy to see the Goss Sunday 5000 96pp web in action.

Printing.com has continued its European expansion with the acquisition of the Netherlands-based print business Media Facility Group (MFG) for a total consideration of 2m euros (1.7m).

Breaking the traditional norms in any business has been the mantra for success. Rajan Phadke's move to buy Thane's first two-colour Heidelberg in 2000 had an impact on the print sector.