News

Inveresk sells mill to LPC arm

Inveresk has completed the sale of its Kilbagie Mills site to Kilbagie Recycled Fibres, a subsidiary of LPC Group.

Whiting departs in PrintChannel global staff cuts

PrintChannel.com UK marketing manager Steve Whiting has left the company after the web-based print production service cut jobs across its global operations in a bid to reduce costs.

Mtivity reveals its range of software

Mtivity, formerly Printmountain, has revealed details of its new print management software products, which have been under development for the past year.

APACS decision means change of format for BGC

Printers of Bank Giro Credit vouchers are having to redesign their format to improve print quality and minimise processing delays.

Adminstrators sell Colourflow sites to Millrise

Millrise has bought six of Colourflows high-street shops from administrative receivers Andersen.

Orders mount for Minolta Dialta copier

Minolta claims to have taken 30 UK orders for its Dialta Di650 monochrome copier since its launch at the beginning of February.

NexPrint confirms its NexPress order

Eynsham-based NexPrint has confirmed an order for a Heidelberg NexPress 2100 after it bought the assets and goodwill of Uniskill out of liquidation.

HP 6600 is basis for Avonset digital arm

Avonset Creative Services has set up a new digital print operation in Bristol based around one of the countrys first Hewlett-Packard 6600 digital presses.

Colorbus sets sights on mag sector at Ipex

Colorbus will focus on the magazine sector at Ipex after recent success in newspapers, with installations of its Cyclone Digital Proofer at 19 <i>Financial Times</i> sites and five Trinity Mirror...

Haymarket switch to CTP is complete

Haymarket Publishing has completed its transition to a completely digital workflow for all its titles.

Online service for pass4press gets first users

Online pre-flighting of supplied advertising to the PPAs pass4press format has started.

Trinity Mirror to invest 90m in new kit

Trinity Mirror has revealed the shape of its regional printing operations a year after it committed 90m to press technology.

Fire damage to Scotsman sight

Printing of <i>The Scotsman</i>, <i>Edinburgh Evening News </i>and <i>Scotland on Sunday </i>has been disrupted after a fire at the groups Edinburgh plant, Caledonian Offset, last Friday (1 March).

Forger is jailed

A forger of birth certificates, National Insurance cards and driving licences has been jailed for four and a half years after pleading guilty at Southwark Crown Court.

MAN Roland takes up sheetfed slack

MAN Roland expects the weakened sheetfed sector to hit its 2002 results, but preliminary figures for 2001 show rises in sales and earnings.