Web offset
Record sales for Walstead at half-year amid 'maelstrom'
Walstead chairman Mark Scanlon believes insolvency “remains a real threat” for some competitors, but said his own group’s position was very different as the business announced its highest sales yet at...
ProCo in £2m HP and Böwe spend
ProCo has installed a new HP PageWide T240 HD web press and two Böwe Systec 9G insertion lines in a £2m investment that repositions its Stansted wing as a high-volume digital production hub.
K&B boss derides competitor price cuts
Koenig & Bauer’s chief executive has taken a very public side swipe at price cutting by competitors – naming Heidelberg, Bobst and Komori – in the group’s half-year results.
Evans to step down as PCP MD
Precision Colour Printing managing director Alex Evans will step down next year, with a successor already appointed to take over as part of a phased transition.
K&B reaffirms financial targets
Koenig & Bauer has reaffirmed that it is on track to meet its sales and profit targets for this year in the light of last week’s trading outlook warning from arch-rival Heidelberg.
US gov’t attempts to block Quad/LSC merger
US group Quad/Graphics said it intends to “vigorously defend” its proposed acquisition of rival LSC Communications, in response to a lawsuit from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) which is seeking to...
More Circle firms sold
Circle Media Group has sold its German printing operations to the same newly-formed company that acquired its Finnish gravure business two months ago.
Prinovis showcases web offset facility at VIP event
Prinovis UK has officially launched its new web offset printing capability with a VIP event attended by customers and potential customers, at which the company also unveiled a major sustainability...
Unions meet over Circle Media
Union chiefs on the continent are holding a crisis meeting today following recent events at stricken web and gravure printer Circle Media Group. While former Roto Smeets CEO John Caris has told...
Circle Media: all print plants now failed or for sale
Circle Media Group has hit the buffers and appears likely to disappear from print altogether – its Austrian web offset business is the latest subsidiary to file for bankruptcy, while the rest of the...
Circle Media: Roto Smeets now bankrupt
Circle Media has described the new Dutch dismissal law as “unworkable” and a contributing factor in its decision to file for bankruptcy at its stricken Dutch printing businesses.
Circle Media places Roto Smeets in administration
Struggling European print group Circle Media Group has filed for administration for Roto Smeets, the Dutch holding company of Roto Smeets Deventer, Roto Smeets Weert and Senefelder Misset in...