Books

Clays completes £12m spend to embrace shorter runs
Clays has completed a £12m investment drive that comprises a raft of Muller Martini finishing kit alongside a new Fujifilm Jet Press 750S.

Printers enjoy sweet spot following cricket victory
Printers are bowled over by the demand they are enjoying from England’s victory at the Cricket World Cup.

Bell & Bain eyes rapid growth after £30m merger
Bell & Bain has acquired J Thomson Colour Printers to create a 300-strong, £30m-turnover Glasgow print group.

Book sales slump fails to blight UK printers
UK book printers enjoyed a fruitful 2018, despite overall book sales falling for the first time in five years.

Diamond Digital boosts capabilities with quadruple Ricoh buy
Diamond Digital has enhanced its print and bookletmaking capabilities with a four-machine install supplied by Ricoh.

Jigsaw moves in with Push
Jigsaw Colour has been rolled into its local London rival Push Print in order to generate economies of scale.

Five Castles takes StitchLiner for demand from new sister co
Five Castles Press has installed a Horizon StitchLiner MK III to meet an increase in demand after parent company Bravo Print bought nearby Alphaprint out of liquidation.

Poplar boosts bookletmaking with latest install
Poplar Services Printers has installed a Horizon SPF-200L bookletmaker with sights on a significant boost in the productivity of its digital output.

Revealed: ban for print farmer's associate
The business partner of vilified print farmer Neill John has also received a lengthy disqualification, PrintWeek can reveal.

Eight year ban for rogue print farmer
Notorious print farmer Neill John has been disqualified from acting as a director for eight years.

Bell & Bain prints cookbook bestseller
Bell & Bain has been enjoying the taste of success as the UK printer of the fastest-selling non-fiction book since records began.

Circle Media sells CPI Group to private investor
Book and commercial print group CPI Group has been sold for the second time in the space of a year, with Circle Media Group selling the business to a private investor after less than nine months of...