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CWU's Royal Mail action is a threat to direct mail sector

In December 2012, bosses of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) threw down a challenge to Royal Mail when it threatened to ballot its members to boycott handling mail from downstream access (DSA)...

AJS Labels in £1m press investment

Littlehampton-based AJS Labels has invested 1m in a custom-built, 12-colour MPS label press.

Communisis in 2012 overseas revenue boost

Communisis has put a figure on its overseas growth in 2012 in a brief preview of its full year results.

LCC to host GWG's first London seminar

The Ghent PDF Workgroup (GWG) will present two free seminars on the latest best practices for PDF production in commercial printing and packaging at the London College of Communication (LCC) next...

Production director leads MBO at collapsed Montgomery Litho

Montgomery Litho Group's (MLG) Glasgow arm has been bought by its production director Janette McAllister in a management buyout deal agreed with provisional liquidators KPMG last night.

Xeikon in takeover talks with unnamed bidder

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 secures Metro contract

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.

Cross Media 2013 dates confirmed

Cross Media 2013 will take place on 23 and 24 October at London's Business Design Centre, it has been confirmed.

HP in wall art collaboration at Heimtextil

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.

Montgomery Litho enters liquidation with 148 jobs lost

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

Ripe Digital in UK first for Mohr 56 ECO

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

Danwood books 20m loss and restates six years' accounts

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.

Print Me It invests for growth

County Durham print firm Printmeit.com has increased its offer and brought wide format work in-house with a facility expansion and equipment investment.

Graph-Tech to show MonoCube at Hunkeler Innovationdays

Graph-Tech will demonstrate its monochrome high-speed inkjet press, the Monocube, at the Hunkeler Innovationdays in Lucerne, Switzerland next month.

GPS invests over £1m to bring binding in-house

GPS Colour Graphics has invested in excess of £1m in a new Heidelberg Eurobind Pro 19 clamp perfect binder and a Muller Martini Ventura MC sewing machine.