News

A winding-up petition against White Productions remains in place, with Buzwell Management and two subsidiaries also due back in court (PrintWeek, 2 September).

Muller Martini has launched its SMART (Spares Maintenance and Resource Training) programme to help customers increase productivity and efficiency.

Finnish paper manufacturer UPM has been listed as a sector leader for the first time in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes.

Packaging group British Polythene Industries (BPI) has issued its second profits warning in three months, as the firm blamed rising raw material costs

New Jarrold Printing (NJP) is a step closer to choosing its new site and press supplier for its new factory.

The print division of Cambridge University Press is to make 29 redundancies due largely to ambitious plans for the US Bible market.

Cestrian has relaunched its 3D point-of-sale display division, bringing a previously outsourced service in-house.

Asset-based lender Enterprise Finance Europe, (EFE) has revealed details behind the acquisition of colour printers Hill & Tyler by fellow Nottingham company, Fine Colour Packaging.

Vodafone has reverted to in-house print buying following an internal re-organisation and has ended its print management contract with The Print Factory.

Axel Springer, and Bertelsmann-owned Gruner+Jahr and Arvato have signed a letter of intent to merge their gravure printing operations.

Antalis has become the latest merchant to announce price increases, which will take effect in October.

Communisis Gatesheads 144-strong workforce is under threat as a result of continuing losses at the business.

Elliott Baxter has made its second acquisition this year, with the purchase of fellow independent paper merchant HV Beever.

Macfarlane Groups first half results showed signs of the major improvement it promised at the start of the year.

John Monks, chief executive of MY Holdings, is to retire at the end of the year and aimed a parting shot at the "negative attitude" of packaging users.