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Anton Group spends 6m in relocation and re-equipping
The Anton Group has spent 6m on relocating the company to a single site near Brentwood, Essex, and on an array of new kit
Ex-IPA sales chief wins tribunal case
IPA Systems did unfairly sack Manbir Oberoi, an employment tribunal has decreed, but the sum of compensation awarded to him must be reduced by 25% to reflect the part he played in his own demise.
Morgan returns to print as CTD boss
Derek Morgan is back in print as the new managing director of CTD. He has joined ex-White Dove recruit Mark Shields who has taken up the post of sales director at the Twickenham-based report and...
Adast sets up UK distribution wing
Adast has set-up a wholly owned UK subsidiary to boost its sales presence in the UK and push its DI presses
Kelvinside adds further digital focus
Kelvinside is adding to its digital printing firepower with further acquisitions and a string of new Indigo presses to be placed throughout the group
Heidelberg sells UK desktop operation to managing director
Heidelberg has sold its UK desktop scanner operation Heidelberg CPS to its managing director Bill Johnstone. The new venture will be renamed Creative Publishing Solutions (CPS)
Delta reneges on pay promise
Delta Print & Packaging in Belfast has raised its staffs hackles by saying it cant afford to honour an agreed pay rise - just after buying a 12th Century Bordeaux chateau for its European...
Service set up to referee press disputes
Tendring Pacific has launched a trouble shooting and arbitration service to help solve disputes between printers and press manufacturers for offset sheet-fed presses.
Waddingtons in 4m mailing to B&B customers
Waddington Chorley has completed a 4m mailing contract for Bradford & Bingley Building Society. The job saw 2.6 million packs sent out from the Leeds based company over 10 days.
Pindar to close its Edinburgh printing operation
Pindar is closing Edinburgh-based MacDonald Lindsay Pindar after the loss of a major contract.
Adast to OEM HighWater Platinum platesetter
HighWater is negotiating an OEM agreement with Adast to re-badge its Platinum 2230 flatbed B2 platesetter, which could be sold alongside the Czech manufacturers 72 and 52cm range of presses.
St Ives to show new web livery
St Ives web division is revamping its corporate stationery to reflect recent investment and be more market-specific.
UK's first 10-colour MAN Roland 700 press
London printer Richard Edwards is installing the UKs first 10-colour MAN Roland 700 press. The 2.3m press is fully automated and can print 5/5 or 10/0 at 15,000sph.
B+P invests in high spec MBO folder
Friedheim International has taken an order from B+P Print Finishing for a new high spec MBO folder. The investment is seen as essential if B+P is to keep pace with the growing demand for high quality,...
Government caves in to tobacco industry pressure
The Government has bowed to pressure from tobacco companies and their packaging suppliers and extended the deadline to put pack marks on cigarette packets, thus safeguarding hundreds of printing jobs...