Publishing

CPI to cut back after contract loss

CPI plans to shut one factory and cut around 10% of its UK workforce following the loss of its Penguin Random House contract.

Clays in major contract win

St Ives Clays is to become the sole UK supplier of monochrome books to publishing giant Penguin Random House and is poised to double its digital book production capability, in a move that has major...

Killer app: APS Group works its print magic for animal calendar

Each year the BBC’s Countryfile raises money for the Children in Need charity with a calendar that highlights the best of UK amateur nature photography.

Why did Timsons' digital dream go so wrong so quickly?

Launched less than three years ago at Drupa 2012, as of next month the Timsons T-Press, the 200m/min duplex, monochrome, inkjet book printing line, will become a collector’s item.

Overmatter: Wehrle’s whirl

Immediate Media paper buying supremo Steve Wehrle recently celebrated 50 years at the business (and at the BBC before that) with a ‘dress through the decades’ themed party.

Aspiring authors need printers with the write stuff

Printed books are doing rather well. Bookseller Foyles posted an 8.1% increase, year on year, in printed books sales for December 2014, while Waterstones says sales of physical books rose 5% in the...

Ashford Colour Press invests £2m in second digital book line

Ashford Colour Press has invested around £2m in a second digital book production line, comprising HP and Hunkeler technology, just two years after ordering its first.

Quad/Graphics to buy 20 HP web presses to drive on-demand books strategy

Quad/Graphics has announced a strategic investment plan that includes the installation of "20 or more" HP inkjet web presses in the next three-years as it looks to transform its book printing...

Charlie Hebdo print run upped to 3m, printer under wraps

A French printing industry expert has told PrintWeek that the country’s security services have asked for the identity of the printer of this week’s Charlie Hebdo “survivors’ issue” be kept under wraps...

Timsons digital wing enters voluntary liquidation

UK press manufacturer Timsons has been placed into creditors’ voluntary liquidation, resulting in the loss of 25 jobs, after the firm was unable to attract orders for its digital presses.