Australasia

Paperlinx investors bid to oust chair and appoint representative as director

A group of Paperlinx investors representing around 5% have made a bid to oust the company's current chairman Harry Boon.

Manroland's future to be decided today

The future of Manroland should become clear today, when administrator Werner Schneider puts bid proposals in front of the company's creditors' committee this afternoon.

Manroland bids to be put to creditors on Wednesday

Negotiations for the sale of Manroland have entered the final stages, with a shortlist of two different bid proposals due to be presented to creditors on Wednesday (18 January).

Paperlinx reveals PE takeover bid as losses continue

Paperlinx has said it has received a private equity takeover bid as it anticipates a pre-tax loss of AUD26m (17m) for the first six months of its 2011/12 fiscal year.

Paperlinx UK 'will benefit' from completion of Australian Paper sale

Paperlinx yesterday completed the sale of its Australian manufacturing business Australian Paper to Nippon Paper Group.

Print veteran to make UK comeback at Wyndeham

Wyndeham Press Group has announced the surprise return to UK print of industry veteran and former Fresh Media Group chief executive Les Pipe, who will join Wyndeham's board next month.

Paperlinx records 250m loss after sale of Australian Paper

Paperlinx has posted a AUD$560m (250m) after-tax loss for the six months ending 31 December 2008, following the sale of its Australian Paper business to Nippon Paper.

Paperlinx offloads Australian Paper business to Nippon

Paperlinx has agreed to sell its Australian manufacturing business Australian Paper for AUD$700m (314m) to Japan-based Nippon Paper Group.

Coors Brewers awards print contract to Williams Lea

Williams Lea has won a contract from Coors Brewers to help the beer company cut its costs and manage its point-of-sale print spend in the UK.

Webmart looks Down Under in global expansion plan

Webmart founder Simon Biltcliffe has set his sights on Australia for the first step in the online print management company's planned global expansion.

Australian ProPrint launches website

<i>ProPrint</i>, the Australian print title acquired by Haymarket Business Media last month, has launched its new website to coincide with the first day of Drupa.

DeskDirect builds on market share with contract win

Hybrid mail provider DeskDirect Global has expanded its share of the public sector market with a contract win from Glasgow-based Document Outsourcing.