The Birmingham-based company went into liquidation with insolvency practitioner Carter Clark on 30 March 2011 leaving around £2m of trade debt behind.
Goodhead Group, which was owed £213,000 by Cre8, was hardest hit with web offset subsidiary BGP suffering a £112,000 loss and sheetfed sister company Stones The Printers making up the remaining £101,000.
Other printers left out of pocket include J Thomson Colour Printers (£40,000), Turners Print & Marketing Services (£39,000), Thinkprint (UK) and Stephens & George (£15,000 each).
Some of the UK's biggest football clubs were left short by the closure, including £496,000 owed to Rangers, £400,000 owed to Celtic and £272,000 owed to Arsenal.
As well as producing football club programmes, Cre8 also produced magazines for sports clubs and flagship programmes for events such as the Guinness Premiership final, London double header the Welsh Rugby Union and World Snooker Championships.
It has produced commemorative books for football club centenaries and the Welsh Six Nations Grand Slam, as well as offering print management services.
As well as producing football club programmes, Cre8 also produced magazines for sports clubs and flagship programmes for events such as the Guinness Premiership final, London double header the Welsh Rugby Union and World Snooker Championships.
It has produced commemorative books for football club centenaries and the Welsh Six Nations Grand Slam, as well as offering print management services.
Some of the UK's biggest football clubs were left short by the closure, including £496,000 owed to Rangers, £400,000 owed to Celtic and £272,000 owed to Arsenal