Disciplines

Petratto install enables self-mailer production at First Move
First Move Direct Marketing has installed a Petratto Metro folder-gluer in order to increase the flexibility of its offering.

Reflex Group introduces staff share scheme
Reflex Group has introduced a Company Share Option Plan (CSOP) for its employees.

Competition authority probes Trinity's N&S deal
Trinity Mirror has been served a 'hold separate' order by the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA), pending an investigation into risks to press plurality resulting from its acquisition of titles...
Above and beyond
Jo Francis takes off her mittens to salute the efforts of printers striving to keep going amid snow chaos, and hopes customers will be suitably appreciative - and understanding.

Agfa Graphics launches Fortuna 11 software
Agfa Graphics has launched the latest version of its Fortuna security printing software.

St Austell takes new Suprasetter for incoming SRA1 press
St Austell Printing Company will move into SRA1-sized jobs with the support of a new Suprasetter 106 platesetter from Heidelberg.

New HP Scitex boosts NEC Graph-fix's capacity for retail jobs
NEC Graph-fix has bought an HP Scitex 11000 industrial press to upgrade its capability amid a busy year of developments for the firm.

UK-first EFI H1625-SD is 'holy grail' for Plastic Formers
Plastic Formers has taken on the UK’s first EFI H1625 SuperDraw, taking its first steps into digital print.

'Beast from the East' causes printers problems
Printers across the UK are battling blizzards and road closures as they strive to keep the presses turning, but the extreme weather conditions have forced at least one company to enact a temporary...

Goss and Manroland Web Systems set to merge
Goss International’s printing press business and Manroland Web Systems are to combine, with Contiweb set to become a standalone company.