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Rotherham printer up for sale

Rosehill Press has been put up for sale after the loss of its biggest customer resulted in a cashflow crisis at the business.

French Arjo paper mill put up for auction

Auction procedures for one of Arjowiggins’ French sites have begun while the sale of its UK sites remains unconfirmed.

New Master outlines vision for Stationers’ role

Euromonitor International co-founder and executive chairman Trevor Fenwick, who was elected Master of the Stationers’ Company last week, has laid out his vision for the role.

Birtwell bolsters cutting with Polar investment

Trade printer Birtwell & Co has expanded its cutting capabilities after investing in a Polar N92 Plus guillotine.

BPIF looks ahead with rebrand at AGM

Eyes were on the future at the BPIF’s annual general meeting, which took place in London yesterday (9 July) as part of its yearly members’ day.

Severn bolsters service with Canon Océ continuous line

Severn has taken on a Canon Océ Colorstream 3900 high-speed inkjet press with a Hunkeler book line as part of a £2m investment to fuel growth.

DG3 expands with Newnorth deal, Page departs

DG3 has made another acquisition and has also parted company with long-serving managing director Barry Page.

Manchester Printers brings cutting in-house with Dyss spend

Manchester Printers has brought all of its cutting in-house after investing £100,000 in a Dyss X7-1624C conveyorised digital cutter.

Duplo names Xerox honcho as UK lead

Duplo UK has appointed a new managing director, a digital veteran with more than 20 years industry experience.

JPI Media ‘in talks’ to sell i newspaper and regional titles

JPI Media is reportedly in talks to sell the i newspaper and its regional titles.

Overmatter: Cropper shows his moves

Overmatter tips a hat (or should that be a feathered headdress) to Gemini Print Group managing director Steve Cropper, who gamely took part in a Le Cabaret de Paris-themed charity evening last month ...

Killer App: LWL marks its 80th edition with the magic of motion

As a team of committed celebrants to the moving image, Little White Lies (LWL) occasionally finds the printed form “standardised and inflexible”, to use editor David Jenkins’ words. For the magazine’s...

Grafenia first with 'pay later' option

Grafenia is claiming a world-first with the addition of a new ‘buy now, pay later’ payment option to its Marqetspace printing platform.

Major print buyer adopts new hybrid gravure paper

A new hybrid paper suitable for gravure or heatset web offset printing is now available thanks to a collaboration between Craft Worldwide, papermaker Leipa and printer Prinovis.

Steering group outlines vision for new Jarrold Printing Museum

A steering committee set up to campaign for the John Jarrold Printing Museum to remain intact in Norwich has outlined its proposals for a new museum as its existing site faces demolition.