Books

Print and outsourcing giant RR Donnelley has completed its three-way split.

A £10.2m goodwill write-down at SP Group has helped propel St Ives to a £5.7m pre-tax loss for the year, but the group said all its operations are now back on track.

Personalised gift supplier and manufacturer Signature Gifts has taken delivery of a Canon Océ VarioPrint i300 in its new purpose-built factory in Wigtown, Scotland.

Commercial printer Top Print has installed two new machines from Canon, an imagePress C800 and imagePress C700.

Amazon has launched a new photobook printing service in the US.

Fine art book printer Folio Albums has installed a CCM Premier 780 guillotine from supplier Terry Cooper Services (TCS).

CPI Group aims to enhance its pan-European offering to customers after signing up for Interoute’s cloud service.

Printers and buyers have issued warnings about a London-based print farmer that takes deposits for jobs and then, often quoting alleged production problems, fails to deliver full orders.

US-based Interquest has announced the seminar speakers and guests who will be appearing at its sixth annual London Digital Book Printing Forum, which is being held on the 28 June.

More than 150 jobs have been saved following a management buyout of the Polestar Stones and Wheatons sites.

HP has sealed a huge Japanese deal for a new books-on-demand factory at Drupa, and has also announced a collaboration with packaging giant Smurfit Kappa for its upcoming C500 corrugated solution.

Ashford Colour Press has become the first company to purchase Domino’s new K630i digital booklet system, in a deal worth approximately €750,000 (£590,000).