Companies & suppliers

Price hikes are real threat to SMEs and could derail recovery
Energy firms “overcharge by £3.7bn a year”, ran one recent newspaper headline. Virtually every national newspaper, in fact, has reported accusations that the UK’s biggest energy companies have...

EFI claims IP 'victory' over Durst after German court invalidates patent
EFI has won the latest round of its long-running intellectual property dispute with Durst covering printing with white ink after the Federal Patent Court of Germany invalidated "substantial parts" of...

Print sales fall as Grafenia transitions
Grafenia is pushing ahead with its plans to transform the web-to-print market, but has admitted that the group's transition to a software company is taking longer than envisaged.

Communisis confirms HP T-series order as LBG contract commences
Communisis has installed the first of two new HP T400 presses at the former Lloyds Banking Group print site in Copley following the official start of the 10-year outsourcing contract on 1 October...

Trinity Mirror plans Reading print plant closure
Trinity Mirror's Reading print plant is set to close at the end of the year after the newspaper publisher revealed that it would not be renewing the lease on the facility.

Heidelberg and Fujifilm join forces with inkjet deal
Heidelberg and Fujifilm have teamed up in a fresh digital printing alliance focused on inkjet printing.

Sales fall as Heidelberg pushes toward profitability goal
Sales at Heidelberg fell by nearly 15% in Q2, in part due to currency issues, but the group posted a big jump in EBITDA as it bids to return to profitability this financial year.

Country Life gets Royal guest editor
IPC Media has produced a commemorative issue of its 116-year-old weekly magazine <i>Country Life</i>, guest edited by HRH The Prince of Wales in celebration of his 65th birthday.

Macro Art smashes print world record
Cambridgeshire-based super wide-format print specialist Macro Art has broken its own record for the World's Largest Movie Poster.

APS launches wide-format textile range
Signage and display materials supplier All Print Supplies (APS) has added three new products to its digital textile portfolio.