Companies & suppliers

Printer and publisher Forward Press has ceased to trade and made all of its 100 staff redundant.

De La Rue has reported a 57% drop in first half operating profit to 20.5m following the previously announced 35m hit arising from its 'paper production issues'.

Zund has launched its first 3D structural and cardboard engineering software tool called Packz.

Charles Jarrold has a new role at St Ives, and will become managing director of the group's web division from next month.

Water-based ink specialist Sepiax has moved to larger premises within a university science park that is home to a preponderance of environmentally focused businesses.

Communisis is to cut around 80 jobs as part of a strategic review to save 4m a year and "align its business and proposition in a way that better suits the direction of its marketplace and the demands...

Printers running HighWater Platinum CtP are being offered a field upgrade that will allow them to switch to the latest generation of low-chemistry plates.

KBA UK has presented its inaugural 1814 Production Excellence Award to Cambrian Printers.

Litho and digital manufacturers are continuing to throw their support behind next year's Northprint exhibition as this week Manroland GB confirmed that it would return to the show in 2011.

2M Print is set to ramp up its photobook production following the launch of its new consumer-facing business, Smiley Hippo, on the back of an investment in Taopix Photobook software.