1 Adobe to drop Pantone colour system 8,828 clicks
Print and pre-press professionals have expressed disquiet about the information gap around Adobe’s decision to remove Pantone Color Libraries from future versions of its Creative Cloud products.
2 Venn buys second commercial printer 4,358 clicks
Venn Holdings, the buy and build commercial print venture founded by Andy Rae and Anthony Thirlby earlier this year, has made its second company acquisition.
3 YM pledges early on-sale for TV Choice Christmas issue 3,135 clicks
Bauer Media has blamed “industry wide issues with print supply” for flagship title TV Choice running late on its on-sale date – a situation that could persist until the end of the year.
4 Hexcite Group business Kesslers in administration 2,999 clicks
Retail display specialist Kesslers International, part of the Hexcite Group, has gone into administration due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the retail sector and cost inflation.
5 Paragon snaps up DG3's Europe business in latest buy 2,707 clicks
Paragon has acquired the DG3 Europe business from its US parent, adding a range of omni-channel marketing and high-end sheetfed litho and digital printing kit to its roster as a result.
6 Micropress beefs up long perfector setup with first ten-colour 2,416 clicks
Micropress is set to install its first ten-colour press as part of a fresh multi-million pound investment drive that will boost capacity and increase efficiencies at the Suffolk firm.
7 UPM braced for strike action at Finnish ops 2,313 clicks
UPM is facing the prospect of three weeks of strike action at its Finnish mills from the start of the new year, at a time when the industry is already dealing with shortages and a supply squeeze on some paper grades.
8 Precision Proco launches 2022 commitments with festive single 2,202 clicks
Precision Proco Group has unveiled its Positive Impact Commitments for 2022 alongside a fun Christmas single that has seen the company put its own print twist on Band Aid’s classic 1984 hit Do They Know It’s Christmas?
9 RRD says new Chatham bid is ‘Superior Proposal’ 2,126 clicks
The board of RR Donnelley (RRD) has unanimously determined that Chatham Asset Management’s revised proposal to acquire the business constitutes a ‘Superior Proposal’.
10 Delta Group wins McColl’s POS contract 1,855 clicks
Delta Group has won McColl’s retail marketing ‘Point of Sale’ contract, after a competitive tender process.
