Companies & suppliers

Witherbys Lithoflow Printing has cut its chemistry usage by 75% after installing a Fujifilm FLH-Z II 85 ZAC processor in a bid to boost its environmental credentials.

St Ives subsidiary SP Group has claimed ink cost savings of "at least 10%" after investing in a full suite of software from Alwan Color Expertise.

The plate brings the benefits of high quality, low-chemistry plate production to users of violet CTP systems, and is suitable for commercial and newspaper print, finds Sachin Shardul

Communisis will be on the lookout for acquisition targets in the coming year after it announced an almost 90% increase in pre-tax profit, to 4.9m, in its preliminary results.

Printing.com has said its upcoming full-year results will be in line with market expectations after overall trading since its November interim report continued at anticipated levels.

The Spanish paperboard industry will effectively be closed for the second time in a fortnight this week when 17,500 workers strike.

Kodak and Konica Minolta have signed a new expanded global distribution agreement that will allow the two companies to sell products from their combined production digital printing portfolio.

Quark has unveiled the latest version of its desktop publishing software QuarkXPress 9, which includes new features to boost productivity and enable designers to produce content for mobile devices.

Print management firm Paperhat is on the hunt for acquisitions following the appointment of former Office2office (O2O) chief executive Ray Peck as its chairman.

PrintWeek is to produce the daily paper at this year's Northprint show.