The GPMU is stepping up its strike action as planned at ET Heron, with two 12-hour strikes called for next week.

The printing industry has no great hopes of relief from severe price competition, according to the BPIFs latest Directions survey.

Merlin Colour Printers has called a section 98 meeting of creditors for 31 July.

Keene Group has invested 80,000 on a Quad processor server and software, along with the integration of Dalim Twist workflow and servers into its existing equipment.

News Internationals joint venture printing plant with Smurfit News Press 30 miles outside Dublin has taken delivery of three second-hand KBA Commanders.

Two UK colleges are set to close their on-site print centres and switch to off-site training instead due to lack of demand.

Indigo has confirmed that St Ives Smiths Colour Printers plant has recently purchased a TurboStream six and an ink mixing unit, both of which are being installed at its Bradford site.

MCSi has spent 5m on relocating its two previous sites into custom-built premises in Waltham Abbey as part of a major push into the UK.

ET Heron is facing disruption in its bindery next week after GPMU staff voted in favour of strike action, but the firm hopes that "common sense will prevail"

NUR Europe has revealed that further installations of its NUR Salsa 3200 wide-format digital printer are taking place in the UK following the supply of a new machine to Echo Studios