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Ortek closes doors
Midlands-based printer Ortek has closed its doors.
'Internal factors' to blame for Essentra profits slide
Essentra has blamed recent poor financial performance on “internal, not external factors”, after announcing details of a strategic review yesterday alongside its H1 2017 results.
Updated: Cimpress expects new strategy to pay off
Cimpress has posted a bigger than expected loss after a year of substantial change, but chief executive Robert Keane believes the global print giant's fresh strategy has improved its future...
Essentra to take £35m hit on site closure
Around 150 jobs are set to go with the proposed closure of an Essentra site that only opened last year.
De La Rue produces polymer £10 for Clydesdale
Clydesdale Bank’s new £10 polymer banknote will go into circulation in September.
VR Print steps in at stricken NXP
Kent-based VR Print has taken on the assets and goodwill of NXP Europe, which went into administration last week.
Ad spend grows again but print spend still falling
UK advertising expenditure grew by 1.3% year-on-year in Q1 2017 but print continued to decline, despite direct mail exceeding forecasts, according to new research.
KJB launches wide-format division after buy
KJB Print UK has launched a new wide-format division, Creative Digital Printing Solutions (CDPS), after purchasing the assets and trading name of Creative Digital Printing, which went into...
First 4 Direct Mail takes Riso cut-sheet
Direct mail house First 4 Direct Mail (F4DM) has become one of the first UK companies to take the Riso ComColor GD9630 cut-sheet printer.
Charlesworth supports personalised book demand with Horizon buy
Commercial printer Charlesworth Press has invested in a Horizon BQ-470 four-clamp perfect binder to support increasing demand for personalised books.
Canon unveils Pro-6000
Canon has launched its new 1.5m-wide imagePrograf Pro-6000 large-format printer, which it says is the largest in its range to use 12 colours.
Government scraps tribunal fees
The government will be scrapping tribunal fees and reimbursing claimants up to £32m after losing a Supreme Court battle against the union Unison, which ruled that the fees are unlawful.
Willsons installs new iGen
Commercial printer Willsons Group Services has invested in a new Xerox iGen 5 digital press for its Newark, Nottinghamshire site.
Change afoot at Callprint as new London site opens
Callprint Group has opened a new site in London’s Tobacco Dock, in a move described by its group director as a “catalyst for change”.
Genie Printing ups insertion capacity
Birmingham-based Genie Printing has taken on a third Neopost inserting line to handle an upturn in capacity.