Print buying

Arjo to open receivership proceedings for some French subsidiaries

Arjowiggins is planning to file petitions to open safeguard and receivership proceedings for some of its French subsidiaries.

£50m polymer tender underway

The Bank of England has launched a £50m tender for the supply of banknote polymer over an eight-year period.

Arjowiggins sale terminated

Sequana's sale of Arjowiggins’ Graphic and Creative Papers businesses has been canned after the buyer got cold feet as a result of deteriorating market conditions.

New year predictions: Martin Woolley, The Specialist Works

Chief executive Martin Woolley, who led a management buyout of independent media agency The Specialist Works this summer, believes printers and print managers need to form a closer bond with their...

Focus on the present

Not, in this case, Christmas presents. We should all make the effort to champion what 21st century print production can do, says Jo Francis.

Q&A: Graham Prichard, print manager, National Trust

“Too old to rock and roll too young to die!” Graham hit 60 this year and retires on 21 December after 41 years in the industry. Retirement will mean spending time at home with his wife of 38 years,...

25 years of digital

Jo Francis muses on 25 years of ever-more-sophisticated digital printing technology.

Prolog meets Christmas rush as admins court buyers

Administrators at Promotional Logistics have reported a high level of interest in the business, which continues to trade while a buyer is sought.

New MD at Service Graphics

Service Graphics has appointed a business transformation expert as the firm’s new managing director, with plans in place to “realise the full potential” of the business including investment in new...

Communisis now under new ownership

OSG's takeover of Communisis has completed, and the PLC has been de-listed from the stock market.