News
Communisis lands five-year BPO deal with Co-operative Financial
Communisis has secured a multimillion-pound, five-year business process outsourcing deal with Co-operative Financial Services (CFS) to handle its print, mail and fulfilment requirements.
Presstek accuses Israeli plate firm of patent abuse
Presstek has filed lawsuits against Israeli-based VIM Technologies, its manufacturing partner Hanita Coatings and three US and one Canadian distributor of VIM Di-R waterless processless thermal plate...
Fourth-generation family member joins EBB directors
Elliott Baxter (EBB) has appointed Matthew Elliott to its board of directors.
First4 Prints Nestor Jr completes NVQ course
First4 Print Finishing is celebrating its first print graduate who is a familiar name to the printing industry.
Antalis Magno range gets FSC accreditation
Antalis Magno range of coated paper is now FSC certified and available for next-day delivery.
Metso to supply Propapier with paper-making line
Metso Paper will supply a paper-making line to the greenfield mill of German firm Propapier, part of Progroup, which offers products and services for the corrugated board-processing industry.
Technologic LSI cuts 15-20 jobs in shutdown
Technologic LSI, the London-based independent digital kit supply and service specialist, has gone into administration with the loss of 15-20 jobs, following an "ongoing battle" with Xerox over...
Number of UK print firms in sharp decline
The number of UK print companies is set to slip beneath the 10,000 mark at the end of the decade, according to figures from corporate legal specialist Begbies Traynor.
Welsh firm buys in MB folder for automated finishing
Welsh commercial printer Y Lolfa has tripled the speed of its folding work by adding an automated MB PrestigeFold to its finishing battery.
Objective Advantage cuts pre-press costs with Enfocus-OASymbio integration
Objective Advantage is aiming to speed up job delivery to press by adding a preflighting and auto-correction module to its OASymbio workflow by integrating Enfocus Pitstop Server.
Print firms back social, environmental and ethical scheme
The print industry's environmental credentials have been lifted by the news that more than a third of companies accredited under a new corporate social responsibility (CSR) scheme offer printing...
UK print firms face hefty penalties over illegal workers
UK printers could face massive fines, or even imprisonment, if they fail to adhere to new laws on illegal working set to take effect at the end of February, with small firms most at risk, warned the...
Markzware works with Pro2Col and DistributorX on FlightCheck supply
Pro2col has tied with software developer Markzware Europe and reseller DistributorX to distribute web-based preflight software FlightCheck Online.
Smaller US print industry in better shape to face economic decline
The US printing industry has come through the "carnage and consolidation" of the past decade intact and is in a good position to weather an economic downturn, according to the Industry Measure 2008...
Kingswood Steele speeds up finishing with Duplo DC-615
Kingswood Steele has cut turnaround times for brochure work by more than 50% after investing in a Duplo DC-615 Pro cutter, slitter and creaser.