News

Omnigraph chairman Chris Marks has taken over as acting MAN Roland Great Britain managing director, covering for Keith Gatfield who is on sick leave.

Support in the industry for Britain adopting the euro has grown according to this years <i>PrintWeek</i> Investment Survey.

Southernprint is set to increase its web offset capacity further with the installation of the UKs fourth MAN Roland Lithoman IV as part of a 7m investment.

Digital colour printing is struggling with low margins and overcapacity as much as conventional print according to an article in the Seybold Bulletin.

UK jobs at financial printer Bowne appear safe, despite the US-based companys announcement of 200 more redundancies.

Buckingham Colour Group scooped the top prize at the BPIF Excellence Awards this week.

The role of women in print was debated at Picons latest industry lunch last week.

The scale of the shortfall left after the demise of Basildon-based Carlton Barclay has been revealed, with trade creditors forced to absorb over 3.7m of bad debt.

The Macfarlane Group has announced it is to continue with its restructuring programme, after seeing a dramatic plunge in profits for the first half of 2002.

GPMU general secretary Tony Dubbins called for the government to fully implement European employment legislation at the TUC conference this week.

Heidelberg says its complete product range from pre-press through to finishing will be JDF-compliant by Drupa 2004.

Horner Group is celebrating its 20th anniversary this weekend with a huge party at its Rotherham base.

The BAPC is gearing up for its annual conference and awards ceremony in Beaconsfield next week (20-21 September).

Ormolu Group has announced the appointment of two new executive directors to its board, Gordon Samson and Michael Gardner.

Mono, a subsidiary of Aga Foodservice, has launched PhotoCake, a corporate promotional product that uses edible dyes to print photographs on cakes.