News

Bath Press is in consultation with staff and the union about 40 redundancies, according to a report published in <i>The Bath Chronicle</i> today.

Corporate Mailing Matters (CMM) has bought Pims National for an undisclosed sum.

Adobe unveiled a publicly available Beta of its upcoming digital photography workflow Lightroom at Macworld 2006 in San Fransisco this week.

Field Lithoprint is moving into a new facility as part of a 3.5m expansion involving more staff and a cutting-edge press.

Administrators for the Walsall Print Company are hopeful that a sale of the business will be completed within a week.

BT is to move production of its local directories to Spain from April, putting a number of jobs at risk at its current supplier Benhamgoodheadprint (BGP) in Colchester.

Polestar Colchester has announced that up to 14 jobs may be lost at the firm as it enters a period of consultation with employees and unions.

Highbury House has put all of its magazines up for sale after failing to trade its way out of a crushing 29.5m debt.

HighWater Designs, the affordable CTP and pre-press workflow manufacturer, has agreed to be sold to US pre-press firm Printware.

A joint working group representing employers and workers in the Finnish paper industry is currently holding talks to discuss the effects globalisation will have on the industry.

UPM is to cease production of coated magazine papers at its Jmsnkoski mill in Finland as part of its review of its magazine paper business.

Line Packaging & Display has installed an Esko-Graphics Kongsberg XL24 sample table.

Swedish-owned envelope manufacturer Bong Ljungdahl has acquired German envelope company RCT Kuvert for an estimated 1.7m (EUR2.5m).

Poplar Services Printers has installed a Horizon BQ-270 Touch Perfect binding system to complement its litho, digital and screen printing service.

Sharp Print has invested almost 50,000 in a raft of new finishing kit.The Westerham-based firm bought a Morgana AutoCreaser followed by a UFO 1 folder and an EBA 721 programmatic guillotine.