Deanprint celebrated 125 years of business with a visit from MP for Stockport Ann Coffey...
Cestrian came top of North West Business Insider’s list of the most profitable companies in the region...
Victor Watson CBE, a “titan” of the printing industry, who helped develop the Monopoly board game at John Waddington, died aged 86...
Callprint revealed that it intended to ramp up turnover at its Birmingham hub by up to 50%, relocating to a new city-centre location twice the size of its current home and switching to a 24-hour operation...
Datagraphic became the first company in the UK to acquire the Xerox Rialto 900 inkjet press as part of a seven-figure investment in new kit...
Metromail invested more than £6m in Canon technology in a major overhaul of its digital production set-up...
Nick Alexander returned to Garnett Dickinson Group after the family-owned business was acquired by one of his companies, Wagner Investments, for an undisclosed sum. Alexander was chief executive at the Rotherham-based group until he left in March 2013 after leading an MBO at the group’s Acorn Web Offset business...
Kevin Dunstall was made bankrupt because of guarantees he made at the time of his purchase of Prospect Mailing Services in November 2013...
Xaar chief executive Doug Edwards said the company was aiming to expand the use of the firm’s technology in commercial print...
Cambridge commercial printer Labute went into administration following increased financial pressure, resulting in the loss of 18 jobs...
Kodak reported that its Sonora processless plate business had grown by 212% year-on-year...
Duplo hailed the success of its inaugural Northern Lights show after doing £250,000 worth of business on day one and welcoming 200 visitors over the course of the two-day event...
Kettering’s Eclipse was featured in the influential 1,000 Companies to Inspire Britain list from the London Stock Exchange Group, hailed by chancellor George Osborne...
Buckland Media Group managing director Kevin Snoad retired after more than 50 years in the industry...
Agfa cemented its return to profit with a positive net result for 2014 for the second consecutive year, posting a net profit of €59m...
Enfield-based The Magazine Printing Company was sold in a £300,000 pre-pack administration to former owner Anthony Stokes. All 54 staff have been kept on...
Intelligent Finishing Systems and Apex Digital Graphics welcomed visitors from 60 companies to their inaugural joint Real Print & Finish event...
St Ives unveiled a new corporate structure that sees print businesses Service Graphics, SP Group and St Ives Management Services paired with field marketing firm Tactical Solutions in one of three new arms. Meanwhile, St Ives Clays was planning to buy two HP inkjet web presses (a T260 and a T400) and a Komori litho press...
Cimpress, the parent company of Vistaprint, acquired a 70% stake in French web-to-print firm Exagroup. The company subsequently bought Austrian web-to-print business Druck und Handelsgesellschaft (Druck.at)...
GI Solutions Group restructured its senior management: managing director Robin Welch was appointed group chief executive and deputy managing director Patrick Headley was promoted to managing director of GI Solutions, while Alistair Ezzy, formerly group sales director, was made operations director...
Central Colour ordered a new Ryobi Mitsubishi V3000 LX to hone colour-critical glossy print for the automotive and fabric sectors...
Southampton’s Indigo Press achieved a double first with its latest Komori press buy, having purchased the UK’s first eight-colour Lithrone H-UV that is also the UK’s first perfector with the curing technology...
Northern & Shell revealed it was to close its Preston print facility, Broughton Printers, with the loss of 91 jobs...
Unite announced a two-day strike at Smurfit Kappa’s Northampton plant following the dismissal of two of its members at the corrugated packaging facility. The union subsequently called the strike off after an appeal into the sackings was announced...
Welshpool Printing Group acquired NRG Direct Mail, an eight-employee mailing house based in Shrewsbury...
Outsourcing giant Capita revealed that it intended to further expand its Document & Information Services business...
KBA posted a return to operating profit on unchanged turnover of €1.1bn in its 2014 financial report, although its web and special presses order intake fell by 14.2% to €346.8m...
Barnet-based MPC Print Solutions acquired £1.5m-turnover Enfield-based printer The Press for an undisclosed sum...
Window Film Company was looking at double-digit growth after moving to a new office in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, and installing a Canon Océ Arizona 460GT flatbed printer...
Marstan Press celebrated its 60th anniversary by welcoming the mayor of Bexley and the local MP for the area for site visits...
Taylor Brothers installed a new Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75...
