Printers

Unusual moves as major groups trade sales directors
Two of the UK's biggest printers have their sales director on gardening leave due to an unusual incidence of simultaneous recruitment activity.

Printers speed date buyers at IPIA event
Print was hailed as a "crucial part of the mix" again and no longer the "poor relation" of e-comms at last week's conference of the Independent Print Industries Association (IPIA).

Elite Cutters ups its wrapping capability with an Audion
Print finisher Elite Cutters has bought a new Audion L500 SA Semi-automatic L-sealer for shrink wrapping postcards and brochures.

Communisis director Singh leaves in reshuffle
Communisis group business development director Gurdev Singh has left the company amid a reshuffle of its senior sales staff.

Archant chairman Richard Jewson to retire
Archant chairman Richard Jewson will retire at the end of 2013.

Duncan Print invests to bite into food sector
Duncan Print Group is expanding into food packaging after a recent kit investment and accreditation.

Spectrum slashes makereadies with second XL 75-5+L
Spectrum Printing Services (SPS) has installed a second Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75-5+L five years after taking one of the UK's first XL presses.

Fosco, Hayes & Hurdley upgrades HP Scitex FB7600 to run orange ink
The first European orange ink upgrade of an HP Scitex FB7600 has been carried out at Birmingham's Fosco, Hayes & Hurdley.

Former print finisher convicted of murder
Former print finisher Michael Carroll, 60, has been convicted of murdering his 64-year-old wife Elisabeth following a re-trial at Cambridge Crown Court.

Clays adds further digital firepower
St Ives Clays will up its digital printing capacity to 20m books a year with the installation of a fifth production line.