2015 review: September

All the business news, from acquisitions to liquidations, investments to divestments, from a year in the industry.

The BPIF made new appointments to its board: Glossop Cartons director Jacky Sidebottom-Every, Ryedale Group commercial director James Buffoni and Oxuniprint managing director Ian Wilton...

SME printers were being warned about fraudsters targeting them with fake invoices...

UK printer manufacturer LumeJet, developer of photonic technology for inkless printing and patterning applications, went into administration...

De La Rue began mass production of polymer £5 notes ahead of the new-style banknote’s launch in autumn 2016...

A revamp at Cosmopolitan saw the magazine switch to a new 260x200mm ‘midi’ print format from its October issue...

Apex launched new Ryobi press and Cron CTP packages aimed at “reclaiming” the B3 market for offset printers following several years of domination by digital print...

Staff at trade finisher Point Control Print Finishing were praised for their quick thinking after treating a colleague who had collapsed with a suspected heart attack...

Berforts Information Press was put into administration at the request of the £7m-turnover firm’s directors...

The Audit Bureau of Circulations launched the Targeted Household Distribution scheme aimed at certifying household distribution media...

The UK’s oldest worker co-operative, Watford Printers, closed down just a few years short of its centenary...

Pureprint Group recruited another technology-focused big-hitter: former Sun Branding Solutions director of innovation Mark Eggleton joined the business as chief technology officer...

SO Recycle has extended its range of services to include print businesses. The company said it would collect and transform waste paper and card into profit for printers...

The BPIF conferred the first Kathy Woodward Award for Learning on Ancient House Press manufacturing manager Chris Pinborough...

Saxoprint’s UK division revealed that it is aiming to grow sales to £18.2m over the next three years...

Staff at Agfa Graphics’ Leeds plate production facility went on a 48-hour strike over a pay dispute...

England Rugby 2015 teamed up with Blippar to add augmented reality content for Rugby World Cup tickets...

Print finishing specialist Celloglas was set to launch a gloss spot trade service after installing a Scodix Ultra digital press...

Westdale Press exited the web offset market after taking up a “fantastic opportunity” to sell its web press. It had been the last printer in Wales to run a commercial web press...

Financial printer Kube Print used the move to larger premises as an opportunity to invest in a new Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75 and a Ricoh Pro C5100...

CPI UK was broadening its offering into POS and exhibition graphics by establishing a new creative agency, CPI Connect...