Companies & suppliers

The Langham Press plumps for MGI Meteor

The Langham Press has opted for an MGI Meteor DP8700XL as its first digital press.

RPS undertakes £1m upgrade

Leicester print group RPS has taken delivery of a Chromira 5x RA4 large format photo printer in response to growing demand for high quality backlit display graphics.

BarkerBlue targets Silicon Valley with wide format investment

San Mateo, Ca-based BarkerBlue recently expanded its wide format and digital printing capabilities with a range of equipment from HP and Zund as it looks to provide branding solutions to Silicon...

Quad/Graphics posts modest Q4 profit

Sussex, WI-based Quad/Graphics managed to overcome pricing pressure and a decline in sales to post a $21m Q4 net profit, reversing a $7m loss for the same period a year earlier.

US Congressmen lodge bill to abolish paperless policies

Two US Congressmen this week introduced a bipartisan resolution that seeks to reverse a recent federal push toward going paperless for a variety of information and services, ranging from income tax...

Time Warner announces magazine spin-off

New York-based Time Warner is set to spin off its entire magazine division, including UK-based IPC Media, into a separate, publicly traded company.

Bell Printers upgrades to new Schneider Senator guillotine

Commercial outfit Bell Printers has taken delivery of a Schneider Senator E-Line 78 from Friedheim to replace its ageing guillotine.

HP & Océ to show digital print at packaging show CCE

Digital print's advance into packaging markets will be underlined later this month with both HP and Océ exhibiting at the first Corrugated & Carton Exhibition CCE International in Munich.

Hobs Reprographics to exhibit at Buckingham Palace

UK print firm Hobs Reprographics is to exhibit its work in the gardens of Buckingham Palace this summer as part of the Coronation Festival.

Pinstripe Print wins two-year battle with Highfield

A High Court judge has ordered that Birmingham-based Highfield Print be wound up following a two-year dispute over a non-payment to Pinstripe Print.