Printers

Big Mountain Imaging targets wide-format growth with Durst Rho 500R

Philadelphia, PA-based Big Mountain Imaging has installed a new five-meter Durst Rho 500R superwide roll-to-roll UV inkjet printer in a bid to capitalize on the growing interest in higher-resolution...

Men's lifestyle mags hit in latest ABCs

Magazines showed a small overall decline in circulation in the second half of 2011 while customer titles dominated the top 10, according to figures published by the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC).

Urban Storm bought by outdoor specialist Prismaflex

Bristol-based wide format printer Urban Storm has been acquired by international outdoor media specialist Prismaflex and merged with its Newhaven-based UK subsidiary.

PPS installs single-colour Speedmaster SM 52

PPS Commercial Print has bucked an industry trend by investing in single-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster SM 52 with numbering and perforating.

PCP recruits web offset veteran Lightfoot

David Lightfoot has joined Precision Colour Printing in a new operations role.

Apprentices highlight power of print training to MPs

This week 350 print apprentices will send their local MP a personalised postcard asking for support for apprenticeship training and their local print industry.

Fineprint replaces DPX with Screen PlateRite platesetter

Commercial printer Fineprint has installed a Screen PlateRite 2055Vi platesetter, supplied by Apex Digital Graphics.

CirclePrinters appoints Coerman chief operating officer

European gravure print group CirclePrinters has appointed Maarten Coerman to its group management board as chief operating officer.

Heron redundancies 'rub salt in employees wounds' says Unite

Unite has said that Wyndeham Group's decision to make 86 employees redundant at its Heron subsidiary "rubs salt into the wound" after staff agreed a pay cut to avoid job losses.

Goodhead staff await 'serious' announcement

Goodhead Group is set to make a major announcement to staff tomorrow morning (5 January).

Wyndeham in consultation with 86 Heron employees

Wyndeham Group has entered into consultation with 86 employees at its Wyndeham Heron facility.

Taylor Bloxham's Bruce Sharpless passes away

Bruce Sharpless, the former chairman of Taylor Bloxham who spent 70 years with the print business, has passed away aged 87.