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Start-up finisher looks to secure early growth
A trade finishing house has opened in Deptford to handle work in and around the London area and could soon be offering employment to out-of-work finishers.
Croft (Printers & Bookbinders) calls in administrators
London printer Croft (Printers & Bookbinders) has closed its doors, having appointed Mark Fry and Gary Shankland, of insolvency practitioner Begbies Traynor, as administrators on 7 June.
Marstan Press continues its digital expansion with Watkiss machines
Commercial printer Marstan Press has upgraded its growing digital department with a series of purchases from Watkiss Automation.
UPDATED: Buhrs falls to administrators after bank removes credit facility
Finishing equipment manufacturer Buhrs has had to call in the administrators after its banking provider pulled its credit facility.
Limetree among first in UK to install GW cutter
B2 commercial printer Limetree Offset has augmented its finishing department by installing a K92CD GW guillotine supplied by DPM, the Chinese manufacturer's recently appointed agent in the UK.
Falkland Press picks K&B kit
Commercial printer Falkland Press has extended its Heidelberg installation with inline diecutting equipment from Kocher+Beck (K&B).
4DM shrugs off 'industry gloom' with 100k kit investment
Direct mail printer 4DM Group has said it has risen above the "doom and gloom" of the downturn following a double kit purchase at Ipex 2010.
Welbound masters bookbinding workflow
Noel D'cunha talks to K C Sanjeev, managing director, Welbound Worldwide which manufactures critical links in the bookbinding workflow, starting from folding machines to trimmers.
GI Direct spends 500k adding finishing capacity
Transactional mail printer GI Direct has boosted its finishing capacity with a 500,000 investment on the back of two expanded contracts.
Duplo debuts A3 Ideal guillotine
Finishing kit supplier Duplo International has launched an A3 electric guillotine from German manufacturer Ideal.