News

Creo has launched a new B2 platesetter, the Magnus 400, which replaces the Lotem 400.

A start-up firm is set to take the UKs first Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 102 configured as a dedicated coater.

Northcliffe Newspapers has got the green light to build its 50m print plant at Elsham Wold in North Lincolnshire.

Polestar is set for a major reshuffle of its print roster after Purnells 400 staff voted in favour of closure plans agreed last week with Amicus GPMS.

HP has revealed plans to cut 14,500 jobs as part of a programme to drive growth and make annual savings of 1.1bn ($1.9bn).

Bousfield Holdings, the company formed to take on the manufacturing and distribution businesses of Openshaw, has bought printing powder firm Faust for an undisclosed sum.

Scorpio Print Finishing is in the early stages of talks with print finisher TTB Group about the possibility of buying the Kent-based firm.

Garnett is to cease papermaking production in the UK, with 134 jobs at risk at its Otley mill.

Wace has finished commissioning the first long perfector in its 5m Heidelberg spend with the second going in this week, as part of a move to nearly double turnover.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has broken all UK book sales records in its first week, and publisher Bloomsbury has paid tribute to printer Clays.

The latest batch of delegates have graduated from the BPIFs professional certificate in print management at Loughborough university.

Energy firm Powergen has launched its annual search for Britains liveliest executive, with a call for entries to the Most Energetic Boss 2005 award.

HH Associates has bought Cheshire-based print management company ART Print Services.

Sanderson Group has acquired Progressive Computer Systems in a 1.75m deal, with further acquisitions planned in the firms buy and build strategy.

Print management firm BDL Print Group has bagged two new contracts to provide packaging, point-of-sale, stationery and marketing collateral to subsidiaries of the Caudwell Group.