Business

Germany could teach the UK some very important lessons

Despite its relatively high labour costs, Germany is the world's largest goods exporter after China. Much of this success is attributed to the country's legion of small and medium-sized firms, known...

German giant's tryst with Ricoh

Klaus Nielsen, managing director of Heidelberg India in a candid interview says economic benefit may encourage printers to choose digital device alongside a legacy offset system

Falkland Press installs Polar 115X Plus guillotine

Commercial printer Falkland Press is to install a Heidelberg Polar 115X Plus guillotine next month, along with a Polar stack lift and jogger.

Royal Mail shuts down iRed print management business

Royal Mail has closed its iRed document management subsidiary after it failed to turn around its 9.9m 2010 net loss into a target break-even position by the end of the current year.

PM unveils manufacturing support measures

A raft of measures intended to help SMEs grow, create jobs, export to new markets and secure finance has been announced by the Prime Minister, who said that the UK needed to "trade its way to growth...

New Semper International survey points to commercial print industry pessimism

The US commercial printing and graphics arts industry is not very optimistic about business picking up during the year's closing months, with one in five companies expecting sales to be down during...

St Ives Direct announces Westerham Press and Blackburn closures

St Ives Direct has announced the proposed closure of the award-winning report and accounts and fine art printer St Ives Westerham Press and its Blackburn multimedia print site.

CCI/CoakleyTech launches U.Connect

Looking to brand its private cloud-based product suite that it has been providing to customers for the past year, Hartland, WI-based CCI/CoakleyTech announced the launch of U.Connect, a new,...

Kodak wins initial legal battle with Collins Ink

Eastman Kodak won an important early victory in battle with Collins Ink, when US federal judge ruled the Cincinnati-based ink supplier must continue to supply Kodak with ink for the Versamark printer...

APG to restructure business

Alderson Print Group (APG) is in the process of a major restructure of its businesses, following the departure of a number of key figures.