Companies & suppliers

Speculation is rife as to who the identity of the mystery bidder pursuing Xeikon after the Belgian digital press manufacturer announced the possible takeover last week.

Newsprinters has been permanently appointed the <i>Metro London</i> contract after printing the paper on a temporary basis since previous printer Newsfax went into administration.

Kodak has received court approval for the $525m (327m) sale of its digital imaging patents, once valued at more than $2.5bn, although the judge admitted to being "disappointed in the price".

Black Lion Press director Mark Stokes has organised his third annual Matteo's Golf Charity Day to raise money and awareness for Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).

HP collaborated with world-renowned designer Karim Rashid at Heimtextil last week to demonstrate the results that can be achieved with its latex ink and wide format printers.

Onyx, the US-based wide-format software developer, has added support for Roland's Soljet Pro4 XR-640 printer/cutter to its Onyx Thrive workflow and Onyx RIP.

Scottish print firm Montgomery Litho Group (MLG) has appointed provisional liquidators after a major customer loss forced the company into financial difficulty.

Wiltshire print company Ripe Digital has become the UK's first customer for the Mohr 56 ECO guillotine.

Danwood Group has been forced to restate its accounts for the last six years after uncovering "accounting irregularities" relating to Managed Print Services (MPS) contracts.

Sappi Fine Paper has raised prices across its graphic papers business due to surging raw material costs and declining margins for merchant sales.