News

The Color Co has signed a franchise agreement to sell Printing.coms range of products in six of its 22 UK print centres.

Staff from administrative receivers Andersen have refused to comment on reports that most of the employees at Flair Press were made redundant yesterday (31 January).

Quebecor, Wyndeham, Cooper Clegg and Cradley have all contributed to what has been a difficult week for the UK web offset sector.

RES Distribution and Westcoast have both declined to comment on speculation that Westcoast is poised to buy its fellow Reading-based Hewlett-Packard distributor.

Polestar Wheatons operations director Andrew Batton has left the firm after a "change in organisational structure" left his role redundant.

Field Boxmore is expanding its carton operation in Nottingham and transferring the remainder of its label division to its factory in Bourne.

Jarvis Porter Group is getting out of print. It has sold its remaining businesses, four label printing plants, for around 7m to CCL Industries, the major North American label manufacturer.

Kodak Polychrome Graphics (KPG) has filed a county court judgement against Mitcham-based printing company Clarendon House Group for 20,416

Scitex Digital Print (SDP) will use Ipex to launch high-speed process colour ink-jet printers costing less than its Business Color Press

KBA could be closing in on its first commercial web order in the UK for seven years

Major shareholder Investcorp has strengthened its presence on Polestars board with the addition of two non-executive directors

Leeds-based Earthco Packaging has made 50% of its staff redundant and is looking to move to smaller premises within the city

CPI UK finance director Chris White has become managing director of the book printers new General Books division after a structural reorganisation

Komori held a special open day for students from the London College of Printing last week

The St Brides printing library is exploring further avenues for funding after suffering in recent years from severe cuts in government subsidiaries