Business

Leach acquired by French group Chargeurs
France-based global manufacturing and services group Chargeurs has acquired large-format graphics specialist Leach, for an undisclosed sum.

Blackwell Print boosts digital capability with Xerox install
Blackwell Print has bolstered its digital setup by investing in a Xerox Versant 3100 four-colour production press.

XDP moves to Canon as part of £175,000 kit spend
Xchurch Digital Print (XDP) has invested around £175,000 in new kit, including two Canon digital machines that the firm said will double its print efficiency.

Kingsdown enters administration
Bristol-based printer Kingsdown Printers has closed its doors, with the loss of 60 jobs.

Pureprint first in UK to add HD heads to HP Indigo 12000
Pureprint Group has become the first UK company to add high-definition writing heads to an existing HP Indigo 12000 digital press.

Positive Images UK invests in EFI MarketDirect
Positive Images UK has moved into data-driven multichannel marketing after installing EFI’s DirectSmile cross-media suite, which it will soon have upgraded to MarketDirect, the rebranded and...

Insolvent German paper mills update on progress
German paper mills Feldmuehle Uetersen and Papierfabrik Scheufelen, which both filed for insolvency in January, have updated on their progress with days to go until bankruptcy proceedings kick off at...

Celloglas awarded for staff engagement
Decorative print finishing specialist Celloglas has secured an industry award for its team-building skills.

Hickling & Squires kicks off £1m investment programme
Commercial and digital printer Hickling & Squires has initiated a £1m 2018 investment programme with the installation of an eight-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75 press.

Bournemouth Colour Press appoints liquidators
Bournemouth Colour Press has gone into voluntary liquidation, citing a problematic takeover and £35,000 in bad debt, with its director setting up a new company, Bournemouth Creative Print.