Business

FFEI to launch cloud-based profiling tool at Drupa
FFEI will launch a cloud-based colour management tool, RealPro Colour Cloud, at Drupa next month (Hall 05, C18).

Suffolk printer gains first South East fully carbon-balanced status
Commercial print firm Fuller Davies has attracted a "staggering amount" of clients by becoming south east England's first fully carbon-balanced printer.

Vulcan 714 sales pioneer Bob Curtis passes away
Robert "Bob" Curtis, a driving force behind establishing the revolutionary Vulcan 714 printing blanket in the UK, has died aged 73.

Johnston Press to relaunch range of newspapers
Newspaper publisher Johnston Press is to relaunch its entire range of titles in order to introduce 'platform neutral' publishing.

APP 'illegal logging' claim investigated by Indonesian Ministry of Forestry
Pulp and paper producer Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) is awaiting an Indonesian Ministry of Forestry report following accusations of illegal logging by Greenpeace.
CGX partners with Blurb on short-run bound publications
Houston-based Consolidated Graphics (CGX) this week announced a partnership with San Francisco-based Blurb to enable its nationwide network of commercial printers to create custom-bound publications...

Tories' mooted Chapter 11-style scheme could be bad news
Would a US Chapter 11-style insolvency process be good news for UK print? On the balance of probability... not a chance.

Josero partners with Colourgen for wide-format Kala laminator distribution
Inkjet consumables and machinery supplier Josero has partnered with wide-format distributor Colourgen to add the Kala range of laminators to its portfolio.

Printers say ill-considered pre-packs still need regulation
Pre-packs, and their more infamous relation, the phoenix, have been a feature of the print industry since the Enterprise Act 2002 made administration the dominant form of insolvency. As with many...

A policy for pre-packs and phoenix companies is vital
It's not unusual for print companies to make contact with paper merchants for supplying phoenix companies and sometimes try and exert pressure not to supply them. However, the NAPM advises all members...