Printing

Heidelberg is urging printers to showcase their most talented apprentices and ensure UK has representation at forthcoming WorldSkills competitions.

Held last week, the preview showcased scanning and printing equipment that will be on show during the 19-21October event.

Alderson Print Group has said that 90 staff are set to lose their jobs after its board concluded it would place its web production facility ABP Web into administration.

Northern Ireland-based Commercial Graphics (NI) has been placed in administration with the loss of 32 jobs after closing its doors last Friday (17 August).

Croydon College claims it expects to have made 500,000 savings by 2015 after it employed Ricoh to re-equip its printroom facilities.

Eckhard Horner-Marass has been appointed to the vacant managing director position at Manroland Web Systems.

Santa Ana, CA-based Foster Printing has bought a new KBA Rapida 205 81-inch, six-color UV press in order to meet demand for larger formats in everything from point-of-purchase displays to packaging.

Prestige Print has been appointed as the single print supplier for the Telford-based utilities, construction and facilities management specialist SP Holding Group.

Under the new contract Veritek will deliver installation, repair and maintenance services to Epson UK's wide-format print customers.

Gemini Group has invested in a raft of new litho and digital kit, including two new Heidelberg Speedmaster XL presses, as part of a "long overdue" 3.4m capital equipment upgrade.

Alderson Print Group (APG) has labelled Barclays a "disgrace" as it continued its battle to save its ABP Web division from administration.

The West Yorkshire company has continued its finishing investment programme with the installation of a Polar 115 guillotine.