Earlier this month Perfecta said its guillotines would be exclusively sold in the UK by Graphic Arts Equipment, ending its 50-year-plus relationship with Geliot Hurner Ewen (PrintWeek, 10 July).
In a statement, Geliot Hurner Ewen managing director Brian Mickels said: Perfectas action has precipitated the decision by the directors that without a complete programme of equipment it was unlikely GHE could trade out of the situation now facing it.
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