Companies & suppliers

Eastman Kodak has announced its intention to sell two of its businesses to its own UK pension fund to help move towards an exit from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Northumberland's Potts Print has finalised its finishing upgrade with an MBO B30/444 folder, taking the total investment to around £530,000.

Polestar has been awarded the contract to print the French edition of <i>Stylist</i>, the weekly free magazine published by Timar, a joint venture between Groupe Marie Claire and Shortlist Media.

Durst has continued to strengthen its UK sales presence with the appointment of a northern sales manager in Richard Bates.

The UK arm of UV ink and coatings manufacturer Zeller + Gmelin will be at North Print and Pack this year for the first time as a means to promote its presence in the offset market.

Manroland Web Systems has launched the FoldLine and FormerLine systems for high volume digital production, described as "futureproof" for its technology-forward speeds.

One of the last major print production roles in UK magazine publishing is no more.

The Bank of England and HM Treasury have announced an extension to the Funding for Lending scheme (FLS) that is "heavily skewed" to support net lending to SMEs.

Communications firm Corporate Document Services (CDS) has won the reprographics, digital print and print management contract for the London Borough of Sutton for the third time.

Foster City, CA-based EFI cited strong US sales as well as continued demand for its Fiery controllers as it reported Q1 income of $8.2m (Q1 2012: $6.2m) on a 7% revenue rise to $171.4m.