Litho

Cambrian Printers develops new business; signs Agfa deal
Burgeoning demand for glossy art brochures has prompted Cambrian Printers to sign a five-year contract with Agfa for Azura TU plates.

Precision moves up to SRA1 in £3m investment
Precision is investing £3m in a plant overhaul, including a move up to SRA1, a switch from Heidelberg to Ryobi presses, new plate makers and cutting and stitching kit.

Agfa launches basic Advantage N platesetters
Agfa Graphics is introducing a series of “affordable” engines that focus on CTP technology for newspaper web-offset printing.

Administration for Bramwell Label Co following digital venture
The Bramwell Label Company has gone into administration with 30 jobs lost and its kit up for auction.

Route One adds pre-press upgrade to new site
Route One Print has overhauled its pre-press supply, with new plates, a low-chemistry plate processor, a developer and workflow software, all from Fujifilm.

Hibbert leaves as administrators strive to finalise Polestar deals
Polestar chief executive Barry Hibbert is no longer with the business.

60-seconds with TT Litho
Established in 1975 by the Fogarty family, TT Litho Printers has been established for over 40 years and has a reputation for high quality service. Starting out in a shed in the late Tom Fogarty’s...

Colchester Print Group closes its doors
Employee-owned Colchester Print Group has ceased to trade, blaming a market that "conspired against" dedicated staff.

PwC confirms Polestar job cuts
Administrators at PricewaterhouseCoopers have confirmed that 183 redundancies have been made at Polestar.

Offset blankets expert Chamberlain dies
Neville Chamberlain, described as a world-leading authority on offset printing blankets, has died aged 80.