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Jarrold Printing museum to be scaled down as housing plans approved

The John Jarrold Printing Museum in Norwich will be relocated and scaled down after councillors approved plans for new homes to be built on its existing site.

PPG faces winding-up petition from supplier

The owners of PPG Print Services will appear in court this month to address a winding-up petition submitted due to a “contested debt”.

Langham automates bookletmaking with Horizon ahead of move

Langham Press has moved on from hand-fed stitching for the first time with the introduction of a Horizon SPF-200L bookletmaker to its portfolio ahead of an imminent relocation.

Pensions watchdog drops Johnston pre-pack investigation

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has dropped its investigation into the pre-pack sale of newspaper publisher Johnston Press.

Spring Statement takes aim at late-paying large companies

Late payment culture’s end “could finally be in sight” as yesterday’s Spring Statement laid out policies that would tackle the issue perpetuated by larger businesses.

Atlas Packaging auto-ejecting Bobst a UK first

Atlas Packaging has made a £1m investment to take on the first Bobst ExpertFold 230 A4 folder-gluer in the UK to come with Accueject XL automated ejection capabilities.

Jarrold Printing museum future to be decided

Campaigners have spoken about their hopes for the John Jarrold Printing Museum in Norwich, the future of which will be decided tomorrow (14 March), to be preserved in its current form.

Agfa announces new structure

Agfa has revamped its divisional structure and created three separate divisions for its print-related activities, as the group seeks more partnerships for future growth.

Fujifilm to make job cuts in Europe; UK situation unclear

Dutch media has reported that Fujifilm is set to close one of its offset plate production lines in Tilburg at the end of the year, resulting in the loss of more than 100 jobs, with some UK jobs also...

Midland Regional Printers acquires LabelServe

Midland Regional Printers (MRP) has expanded its service offering after acquiring label printing specialist LabelServe.

Arjo UK ops courted by three bidders

Three businesses are now in contention to buy the Creative Papers aspect of Arjowiggins’ UK operations, which is currently in administration.

Heritage and Eagle to take W+D envelope printer

Sister companies Heritage Envelopes and Eagle Envelopes are to install a W+D Halm i-Jet2 envelope printer, the first in England, in a bid to capture the short-run envelopes market.

Walkers Instore goes into liquidation

Walkers Instore has gone into voluntary liquidation after its owners could not restore its profitability despite attempts to restructure and reposition the retail POS specialist print operation as a...

Xaar: 'integration issues are behind us'

Xaar has issued a trading update ahead of its year-end results, stating that the integration issues that had caused problems for the business are now over.

Ballyprint takes first Iridesse in NI

Ballyprint has taken on the first Xerox Iridesse in Northern Ireland as part of a £300,000 spending drive to turn the print shop into a fully-fledged commercial print outfit.