Business

Precision Printing is the first site to beta test a Technotrans chilling system in combination with a digital press, signposting a move on the ancillary vendors part into the digital printing sector.

Mailing house Opus Trust Marketing has secured a 'multimillion-pound' contract to process all of energy company EDF's annual statements.

KBA has posted Q1 pre-tax losses of 18.8m (2012: - 0.4m) citing postponed orders and weak quarterly sales.

A new trade only web-to-print service aims to become a printer's "secret weapon" for outsourcing.

The management team of Belgian pre-press group De Schutter Neroc (DSN) has concluded an MBO for an undisclosed sum and is eyeing growth across the UK.

Pitney Bowes has sold its mailroom and document management services businesses in the UK and Ireland to Swiss Post for an undisclosed sum.

St Ives has taken another significant step in its evolution to become a fully fledged marketing services provider with its latest major investment in the arena.

Deltor Communications has bought a B2 Komori Lithrone S429 with coater as part of a £2m investment to push it into short-run work.

Warwick Printing Company is to be the first business in the UK with a Heidelberg Speedmaster SX 102 following a 2m investment.

Trade print finishing company Professional Print Finishing Services (PPFS) has bought a machine billed as the world's largest flatbed die cutter.

Sappi Fine Paper Europe has announced that it is to increase the prices of its speciality paper products by 6% from 1 July this year.

Banner Managed Communication (BMC) has scooped a five-year multiservice document management and presentation service contract with Standard Bank.