Print buying

Blue Buffalo wins Bupa print tender contract

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.

InnerWorkings predicts managed print growth in 2013

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...

Goodhead Group creditors fret over potential pre-pack

Goodhead Group creditors have expressed alarm about the potential pre-pack sale of the group, with the situation still unresolved at the time of writing.

James Cropper boosts profits despite falling paper sales

Paper manufacturer James Cropper has recorded a double digit increase in its operating profit for the first half of 2012 despite falling sales in its speciality paper business.

Paperlinx to streamline sales operations across merchanting divisions

Paperlinx UK is to centralise its "face to market" across its commercial print operations in a move that could prove to be its first step in consolidating Howard Smith, PaperCo and Robert Horne into...

RCS secures B2 inkjet world first with 1.2m spend

UK-based trade and commercial printer RCS has secured a B2 sheetfed inkjet world first as part of its strategy to be at the "bleeding edge" of new technology.

Konica Minolta to acquire Charterhouse PM

Print manager Charterhouse PM is being bought by Japanese document giant Konica Minolta.

Spineless Classics to sell one-page poster novels at John Lewis

London's Spineless Classics has sealed a deal with John Lewis to sell its Book On One Page posters in stores in time for Christmas.

Pensord unveils £4m investment in UK first

Pensord has signed off the single largest kit investment in its 43-year history with a UK first that will boost its effiency by as much as 75%.

Canfield & Tack 'extends reach' with Dellas Graphics acquisition

Rochester, NY-based Canfield & Tack Commercial Printing & Fulfillment this week announced the acquisition of Dellas Graphics of Syracuse, NY in a boost to its regional expansion plans.