Printers

PIA projects modest US growth for 2013

The Printing Industries of America (PIA) has said the US printing industry in 2013 should be up slightly from 2012, despite the fact commercial printers across the country won't be benefitting from...

DC Thomson signs up to Wave2 Media's AdPortal

DC Thomson is set to roll out Wave2 Media's AdPortal3 print advertising workflow tool across its newspapers business six years after first installing the platform at one of its subsidiaries.

Fastsigns targets growth following successful 2012

Fastsigns Hammersmith is targeting the 500,000 turnover mark by the end of 2013 after a successful 10 months under new ownership.

Vertis files for Chapter 11 as Quad/Graphics bids to buy assets

Quad/Graphics has announced a $258.5m (161m) bid for rival direct marketing business Vertis Holdings as the latter filed for Chapter 11 "to facilitate the intended sale".

'Rights-for-shares' scheme divides print opinion

Government plans to allow workers to trade employment rights for tax-free shares under new "employee-owner" contracts from April 2013 have split opinion in the print industry.

Workers to swap rights for shares in radical UK employment law shake-up

Workers will be able to sign away some of their employment rights in exchange for shares of up to 50,000 in the business they work for, under a radical plan to rewrite UK employment law.

Repropoint hosts open day for Duplo staff

Repropoint this week opened the doors of its Woking premises to 25 staff from finishing manufacturer Duplo.

Flood-hit Cambrian printers to throw relaunch party

Cambrian Printers will hold a relaunch party in London on 10 October after flood damage this summer stopped all production at its Aberystwyth factory.

Blunt milks praise for Ben & Jerry's cow float

Commercial printer Blunt produces banners to adorn a milk float for Ben & Jerry's campaign for the better treatment of cows.

Business trust in banks declining

Half of UK businesses responding to a new poll carried out by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) said that they did not trust banks or building societies.

Anton Group takes on fifth guillotine as volumes soar

Anton Group has taken on a fifth Polar 137 Autotrim guillotine to handle its throughput of 1.8m sheets every day.

St Ives share price jumps on 2011/12 results

Shares in St Ives have risen by more than 17% in the past week, after the group announced better than expected results on Tuesday (2 October).