Books

Ashford Colour Press in £2m investment

Hampshire-based book printer Ashford Colour Press has invested in an HP T230 colour inkjet web press with inline Hunkeler Modular Glued Book Solution in a move to short-run colour book printing.

British Library tenders for book printing framework

The British Library has put out a tender in a bid to establish a framework of printers to call upon for book production.

Impika to show iPrint Compact at Hunkeler Innovationdays

French digital print specialist Impika will be showing its iPrint Compact single engine duplex digital colour printer feeding two finishing lines, one for book block and one for newspaper production,...

Xerox in twin colour press launch

Xerox has announced two new digital print engines aimed at in-plants, high street and commercial printers producing jobs ranging from photobooks and brochures to DM and catalogues.

Star product - Smyth F1088 book sewing machine

Those needing to stitch really big books won't find many options available, but this machine should fit the bill

Industry reacts to MLG buyout

Scottish printer Montgomery Litho Group's (MLG) resurrection has polarised industry opinion.

Unibind launches Tangerine Bus fulfilment service

Unibind has branched into fulfilment by offering customers a web-to-print service through its new website Tangerine Bus.

Montgomery Litho enters liquidation with 148 jobs lost

Scottish print firm Montgomery Litho Group (MLG) has appointed provisional liquidators after a major customer loss forced the company into financial difficulty.

Quad/Graphics Dubuque plant facing closure

Quad/Graphics said this week it will close its Dubuque, Iowa book printing plant and transfer the work to its other facilities.

Britain's first dedicated Book Arts Centre to open

London College of Communication graduate Simon Goode has opened Britain's first dedicated Book Arts Centre in London's trendy Hackney Wick area.

Readers Digest UK axes 75% of staff

Readers Digest UK has cut 95 staff from its 120-strong workforce with immediate effect, citing declining book, DVD and CD sales.