Business

David Preskett, director of professional print, Canon Europe

UPM has put more than 508 jobs on the line after pressing ahead with the decision to close its unprofitable Albbruck paper mill in Baden-Wrttemberg, Germany.

Finishing equipment manufacturer Morgana Systems has appointed Stuart Morrison as area sales manager for north London and the Home Counties.

Premier Print & Direct Mail Group has revamped its pre-press operation after investing in an Agfa Avalon platesetter and workflow package.

European gravure print group CirclePrinters has appointed Maarten Coerman to its group management board as chief operating officer.

Negotiations for the sale of Manroland have entered the final stages, with a shortlist of two different bid proposals due to be presented to creditors on Wednesday (18 January).

A packaging company in Sutton has been hit with a fine after a contract worker was injured on its site in 2008.

St Ives marketing director Rob Kelly is leaving the group to set up his own consultancy.

Commercial printer Cranfield University Press (CUP) has installed the UK's first Horizon PF-40L B3+ paper folder in order to improve its flexibility.