Print industry news roundup: Enterprise Finance Guarantee, Chesapeake, Rigid Containers, Trinity Mirror, CRP Print & Packaging

Stay up to date with your procurement supply chain thanks to print industry news at your fingertips. This week: Printers received average of 90k each from EFG scheme; Record breaking B1 press arrives at Chesapeake; Rigid Containers unveils 6m expansion plan; Trinity Mirror targets readership boost with free editions; CRP Print & Packaging invests in web inspection system; Former Clifford Frost chairman John Quinney dies at 82

Printers received average of £90k each from EFG scheme

Commercial printers that applied to the Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) scheme have received an average of around £90,000 each in government-backed funding.

Record breaking B1 press arrives at Chesapeake

The world's longest B1 Heidelberg press, comprising 17 units and an inline cold foiling option, has been installed at Chesapeake's East Kilbride facility.

Rigid Containers unveils £6m expansion plan

Rigid Containers, part of the VPK Group, has revealed details of a new production facility set to open in Somerset in April to service its South West customers.

Trinity Mirror targets readership boost with free editions

Trinity Mirror is to bolster its Birmingham Mail newspaper with an additional 50,000 free Friday copies in a bid to boost its readership.

CRP Print & Packaging invests in web inspection system

CRP Print & Packaging has rounded off a £500,000 upgrade of its pre-printed liner business with the installation of a web inspection system.

Former Clifford Frost chairman John Quinney dies at 82

John Quinney, a dedicated industry member who was committed to advancing UK print technology particularly during the transition of letterpress to modern litho, has passed away, aged 82.