Receivership & administration

Callprint is understood to be courting buyers as a notice of intention to appoint administrators at the London-headquartered group was posted at the High Court.

Four Way Print and its subsidiary Blue Sky Design & Print have gone into administration three months after their acquisition by an industry newcomer, whose past business dealings are now under...

STM Packaging Group has fallen into administration after becoming another victim of the ‘Blue Planet effect’.

ESP Colour has acquired Totnes, Devon-based commercial printer Kingfisher Print & Design out of administration, pushing its turnover up to around £20m.

Finishing specialist Alchemy Coatings has been placed into administration but its sister company Silk Hat Greetings has adopted the trading name and will continue trading the business.

SP Group has been placed into administration by its new owner just four months after the business was purchased from St Ives.

Pureprint has taken on four members of staff and 15 post-press machines following the collapse of Chessington-based Barwell Print Finishers.

German paper mill Scheufelen has restarted production at its Lenningen base after securing “a strong partnership of investors”.

German paper mill Zanders has opened insolvency proceedings, citing reasons including increases in raw material and energy costs.

Sunline Direct Mail has entered administration after no buyer emerged for the business during an accelerated marketing process taking place over the past few weeks.