Printers

Ex St Ives marketing director Rob Kelly has re-entered the print production arena after acquiring the South London large format business with business partner Peter Sheldrick.

Muswell Hill, London-based PIP Printing has signed a multi-machine deal with finishing equipment supplier Ashgate Automation

St Ives Direct Leeds is set to be closed after St Ives announced plans to consolidate its direct mail offering at its Bradford facility.

Buckingham-based print business BCQ Print has invested in Fujifilm's XMF cross-media workflow to help "increase the efficiency, quality and consistency of its output".

BGP has printed 1.5m copies of two booklets featuring 40 vegetarian recipes from celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall for Telegraph Media Group, for inclusion in this weekend's newspapers.

The Bodmin-based firm will take over CUP's European print work this month after two-thirds of the Cambridge staff voted in favour of the deal last week.

SMP Group has installed the UK's first Diecut Goldline machine, the first advancement in manual die-cutting in 90 years, according to finishing manufacturer Diecut UK.

Antalis McNaughton's 22nd annual awards show The Review recognised graphic designer Studio Emmi's product brochure as its overall winner at this year's ceremony (29 June).

Walstead Investments chairman Mark Scanlon has described competitors in the web offset market as "totally supine", while unveiling full-year results for 2011.

A public sector print framework worth up to 150m has been awarded to 10 UK print suppliers, including 3M, Xerox UK, Office Depot and Corporate Document Services (CDS).