Business

TFR Print Finishing enters liquidation owing 70,000

Suffolk-based TFR Print Finishing has entered liquidation owing almost 70,000 to its creditors.

Polestar Varnicoat facing closure

Polestar Varnicoat looks set to close after the company kicked off a 30 day consultation at the site on Wednesday (2 January).

Bobst appoints business head for UK and Scandinavia

Bobst has created a new business zone for northwest Europe with Craig Moran appointed as business director for the area from 1 January.

Printing.com signs up first white label W3P clients

Printing.com has signed up the first customers to its white label W3P hosted web-to-print platform, after 10 of its franchisees made the switch thereby dropping the franchise network's own branding.

Friedheim takes on UK exclusive Kohmann distribution

Friedheim International has been appointed as the exclusive UK distributor for German finishing manufacturer Kohmann.

Informa rues Xerox decision but hails importance of exhibitions

Informa Exhibitions has highlighted the "real appetite from European PSPs" for print trade shows in a response to Xerox's "regrettable" decision to pull out of Ipex 2014.

Domino reveals first N600i install

Cambridge-based inkjet manufacturer Domino has revealed the identity of its first N600i inkjet label press customer.

Packaging alliance Copapharm Europe disbanded

Copapharm Europe, a 15-year-old pharmaceutical packaging alliance, has disbanded on the decision of the acting shareholders.

Kodak losses near $1bn in nine months

Kodak's pre-tax and net losses averaged more than $100m (61m) a month in the first nine months of 2012, according to its combined statement for the period to 30 September 2012.

Contego completes 81m Cartons sale

Contego Packaging has completed the 81m sale of its food and beverage cartons business, Contego Cartons, to US food specialist Graphic Packaging.

Spandex adds Epson SC-S70600 to wide-format portfolio

Spandex has added Epson's wide-format SureColor SC-S70600 to its worldwide reseller portfolio.

Manroland Sheetfed delivers 100th press

Manroland Sheetfed has delivered its 100th press since its acquisition by Langley Holdings on 9 February 2012.