Printers

MPG Books Group is in consultation with more than 70 staff as it prepares to move its litho printing to a new facility in Cambridge.

ESP Colour has smashed its own global productivity record after achieving 498 makereadies and 2.1m impressions at an average 17,108 sheets per hour in one 168 hour week on its XL 105.

St Ives' shares hit a 52-week high of 107.93 on Monday as it published its interim management statement for the first 14 weeks of its 2012/13 financial year.

Panda Press, the Staffordshire-based print and design company, has spent 50,000 on a Xerox 700i digital printer from equipment supplier Complete Imaging.

Wide format equipment reseller Stanford Marsh Group (SMG) is offering interest free loans on wide format rental agreements.

Magazine printer Headley Brothers has bought a new Goss M-600 press to replace two older Heidelberg machines.

The anticipated sale of Sir John Madejski's Goodhead Group is still to be confirmed.

De La Rue posted a 3% rise in first half revenue and pre-tax profits in its interim statement yesterday (27 November), despite a 15% drop in banknote paper volumes.

Scottish print firm Armstrong Printing appointed provisional liquidators on 29 October after it filed a winding up plea with the Sheriff of Tayside Central and Fife.

KPMG's Allan Graham and David Standish were appointed joint administrators at Goodhead Group today (28 November), and the business was immediately sold to Polestar, retaining all 518 jobs.

Traditional hand-sewn flag manufacturer Hampshire Flag Company has increased its investment in digital technology with a Zund G3 XL-3200 digital cutter.