Companies & suppliers

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.

Xerox cited weakness in its Document Technology business, which includes the iGen commercial press line, as it reported Q1 sales declined by 2.7% over the same period in 2012 to $5.4bn.

Busch Graphic Machinery UK is celebrating a bumper first quarter, selling more machines at the start of 2013 than the two previous years combined.

Benson Gateshead has invested in coating plate production equipment in a move away from outsourcing to reduce processing time and expand the variety of coating designs on offer.

Swiss CTP system manufacturer Luscher has gone bankrupt.