Printers

The PrintWeek India team visits Sujilee in the picture-perfect town of Kollam (between Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi) and understands how the plant provides five-star service to buyers in the state

In economically softer times, funding was easy to secure and a business plan was often a much less formal document.

Butler Tanner & Dennis has installed a Technotrans beta.c combination unit to cool down the company's Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 162 press.

Hologram Manufacturers Association of India's (HOMAI) annual Holopack Holoprint Conference has begun in Las Vegas, USA and will stretch over the next two days until 11 November 2011.

Avantika Printers, which calls itself as a major believer of Canon Océ products, has bought India's first OcéVarioprint 6160 Ultra line mono-colour press.

CS Labels has installed a Xeikon 3030 digital label press - its fourth Xeikon in as many years - in an overhaul of its digital production.

Further proposals regarding job losses at Southernprint and Southern Binders have emerged, with remaining employees set to face increased working hours for reduced wages.

Up to 200 jobs are at risk at Polestar Varnicoat, after the group revealed more details about its strategy to remove excess capacity and divest itself of unprofitable work.

Bauer Media is remaining tight-lipped about the result of its annual print tender and has declined to reveal the details of any major title moves between its suppliers.

Reelform, the former subsidiary of The Print Factory (London) 1991, has been bought out of administration by the managing director of sister subsidiary McCorquodale.