Disciplines

Printing plates: violet for commercial print is now niche

Endgame approaches for commercial Violet CTP

Commercial printers still using violet CTP will soon be down to a sole supplier of suitable plates for their systems.

Raw claims to combine the feel of uncoated stock with the utility of coated paper

Sappi chooses Elliott Baxter to stock new Raw paper

Elliott Baxter & Company (EBB) has become the exclusive UK stockist for Sappi’s latest paper innovation, Raw, a coated paper that mimics the look and feel of uncoated stocks.

Aceville's specialist print titles will be shuttered

Shock as DC Thomson culls titles, jobs

DC Thomson is closing ALL of the Aceville Publications print titles it acquired just four-and-a-half years ago, as part of drastic cutbacks that will see hundreds of jobs go.

The device incorporates Horizon’s cloud-based iCE LiNK workflow as standard

Horizon launches new booklet system

Horizon has launched the new iCE StitchLiner Mark IV system for the high speed production of high quality sheetfed booklets.

Fero joins a small but growing list of UK print B Corps

Fero becomes latest industry B Corp

Fero has become the newest Certified B Corporation in the UK print sector and claims it is the first in the UK POS industry.

CVG will benefit from €30m (£26.5m) of new capital

Crown Van Gelder rescued after 'stunning' support

Crown Van Gelder has been rescued and will restart production imminently, on the back of a substantial eight-figure fresh investment.

Pepper Communications was founded in 1980

Pepper Communications MD updates on liquidation

The managing director of Pepper Communications has outlined the reasons for the liquidation of the business, following the creditors meeting this morning (10 February).

The Ainsley Signs team has been able to speed up production significantly with the Colorado

Ainsley Signs full speed ahead after Colorado install

Ainsley Signs has ramped up the pace of production after installing a Canon Colorado 1650 UVgel roll-to-roll printer.

Wilkins' new Komori Lithrone GLX40 can run 18,000sph

Wilkins group invests £2.5m in new Komori

Retail packaging printer Wilkins Group has invested £2.5M in a brand-new Komori Lithrone GLX40 carton press.

Tim Hill (L) and Emile Melki are now joint MDs of the combined Novum Speedscreen

PFI buys Novum for Speedscreen merger

Large-format print group PFI bought Novum Graphics in mid-January, merging the business with its Speedscreen subsidiary.