Results

The toughest trading conditions since 2009 prompted a sharp decline in UK manufacturing output in Q3 of 2012, according to new figures from the Engineering Employers Federation (EEF).

Kodak's US operations made a net loss of $78.7m (49.7m) on revenues of $162.5m in July taking its combined losses since the start of the year to $745m on sales of $1.1bn.

The number of companies seeing an increase in the cost of credit has fallen to its lowest level since 2007, according to new research.

Adare has been forced into a second debt-for-equity swap, according to its latest accounts, which revealed that the group had net liabilities of 5.9m for the year ended 31 October 2011.

Commercial press sales was one of the few bright spots as Hewlett-Packard (HP) announced an $8.9bn (5.6bn) third quarter loss.

Agfa Graphics has posted double-digit percentage falls in EBIT and EBITDA in its second quarter results despite a small increase in turnover.

Schawk has slipped into the red for the first six months of 2012 after being hit with a triple whammy of higher staff costs, IT and business process improvement expenses and restructuring costs.

The food packaging and carton manufacturer hopes the recruitment drive, which marks record end-of year sales of 23m, will increase capacity by 25%.

HP is to take an $8bn (5.1bn) goodwill charge this quarter after writing down the value of a division that sells computer services to businesses.

More than a third of printers have secured additional work due to the Olympics while a quarter won extra work due to the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, according to the BPIF's latest outlook survey.