Companies & suppliers

York Mailing 'poised to buy web offset printer'

Speculation is mounting that York Mailing is close to confirming its first acquisition since securing 10m in new funding last month.

The Sun goes cross media with huge hybrid inkjet install

Newsprinters has made a massive investment in high-speed inkjet print heads for cross-media content, ahead of The Sun's paywall going live today.

Tech-ni-fold blocks third patent infringement

UK-based auxiliary finishing equipment manufacturer Tech-ni-fold has prevented a third US company from selling copies of its products.

Buoyant Communisis makes profitable progress

Operating profits at Communisis have jumped 19% to 5.1m at the half-year, as new contract wins and overseas expansion helped fuel a successful period for the group.

CPI acquired in €21m deal

Pan-European book printing group CPI has been acquired by new owners.

Kodak names emergence board

Antonio Perez will continue as Kodak's chief executive, at least for a period, when the company emerges from Chapter 11.

Ricoh gears up for wide-format launches

Ricoh is bolstering its production print team as it prepares to go-to-market with new wide-format products.

Print promo launch as Yorkshire prepares for Le Tour

Evolution Print is helping Welcome to Yorkshire 'turn Yorkshire yellow' ahead of next year's Tour de France, which will start in the county.

St Ives plans changes at Bradford

St Ives is in consultation with the workforce at its St Ives Direct site in Bradford about outsourcing the enclosing side of the operation.

KBA buys German press manufacturer

KBA has taken another step on its diversification path with the acquisition of an 85% stake in German direct-to-container decoration press manufacturer Kammann Maschinenbau.