Companies & suppliers

Industrial action at Crown Speciality Packaging has been called off after the company announced a restructure that could halve its print department.

York Mailing has secured a major vote of confidence in print, becoming the first printing company to receive a multi-milllion pound investment via the Business Growth Fund (BGF).

Agfa Graphics plans to close down its printing plate factory in Manerbio, northern Italy with the loss of all 123 jobs.

Communisis will effectively double the size of its transactional printing business as part of a deal to take over the in-house print operations of Lloyds TSB.

Woodford Web managing director Michael Tame has urged small- and medium-sized publishers to "keep their wits about them" in the face of major changes in the web offset printing landscape.

Wyndeham Group is bringing mailing in-house at its Heron facility with a £300,000 spend. The Essex web offset site has also just extended its print contract with The Spectator for a further three...

CPI Group is in negotiations with its bankers to restructure its debt.

Blue Mushroom has spent more than 200,000 on its production facilities to boost competitiveness and drive growth.

Ricoh UK has announced the successful completion of stage one of its first UK trial of Clickable Paper, at Barnwell Print.

The growing trend for printers to handle their own laminating has prompted manufacturer Komfi to revamp four of its models.