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GT4 Group acquires Creative Colour Bureau (CCB)

GT4 Group, owner of Glasgow-based labels and packaging printer Gavin Watson and creative agency GT4, has acquired fellow Scottish commercial printer Creative Colour Bureau (CCB) in an all-share deal.

Potts Print (UK) in £3m pre-press, litho, digital and finishing spend

Potts Print (UK) will take delivery of a 15,000sph Heidelberg XL 75 six-colour plus coater this week as part of its £3m capital investment programme.

Expert Print overhauls press room with £1m kit spend

Commercial printer Expert Print has invested around £1m in a raft of new equipment to increase its capacity and boost its service portfolio.

Killer app: APS Group works its print magic for animal calendar

Each year the BBC’s Countryfile raises money for the Children in Need charity with a calendar that highlights the best of UK amateur nature photography.

60 seconds with Solway Offset

Solway Print is run by Amanda Creedon Bass and Matthew Ronnie. It was founded 43 years ago by their fathers Mac Creedon and John Ronnie.

Souped-up offset delivers digi-beating performance

Conventional wisdom says that digital is the best way to go for short-run and quick-turnaround work.

Apex and IFS announce Real Print and Finish open house

Apex Digital Graphics and Intelligent Finishing Systems (IFS) will hold a joint open house at Apex's Hertfordshire showroom from 10-12 March.

Micropress invests over £2m in new kit as turnover grows by 10%

Commercial printer Micropress has invested £2.25m in new equipment including a Xerox iGen 150 and a five-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 to cope with increased demand following turnover growth of...

Manroland Sheetfed cuts production hours on dip in China orders

Manroland Sheetfed has imposed short-time working on approximately 800 staff at its manufacturing facility in Offenbach, according to German media reports.

Herts & Essex installs second B3 Anicolor

Herts & Essex Printers has installed an 18-month-old five-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster SX 52 with coater as part of an £800,000 plant upgrade.