Print industry news roundup: MMP, Blackhammer, DDPC, Royal Mail, FT Solutions, MNA

Stay up to date with your procurement supply chain thanks to print industry news at your fingertips. This week: MMP to close its Bootle plant, Blackhammer to install six-colour Rapida 105, DDPC installs Kasfold, UK print slams Royal Mail price hike, FT Solutions lauds Aldermore bank as growth continues, Midland News Association installs plate-making line

Mayr-Melnhof to close strike hit Bootle site

Packaging manufacturer Mayr-Melnhof Packaging (MMP) is to close its troubled Bootle plant, with all employees losing their jobs.

Blackhammer to install six-colour Rapida 105 press

Commercial and trade printer Blackhammer has invested in a six-colour KBA Rapida 105 press in a bid to increase capacity and boost efficiency.

DDPC cuts book production with Kasfold install

The Design & Digital Print Centre (DDPC) has cut the time taken to produce booklets after installing a Kasfold Sprint 3000 with online trimming from Ashgate Automation.

UK print slams RM price hikes

UK print has rounded on the Royal Mail's latest wave of postal service price increases, warning that it is at risk of creating "further incentives" to drive customers to use digital alternatives to printed media.

FT Solutions lauds Aldermore bank as expansion continues

Print service company FT Solutions has lauded its new bank, Aldermore, for allowing it to continue to grow when its existing lender backed away from the print industry.

Midland News Association installs new plate-making line

Newspaper printer Midland News Association has installed a Krause LS Jet 350 platesetter, supplied by Fujifilm, after moving all of its printing to Ketley, Telford.