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Scam sends Spearman to jail
Richard Spearman has been sentenced to 30 months imprisonment and ordered to pay 169,000 for his part in an insider dealer ring using information stolen from financial printer Burrups (PrintWeek, 8...
Alito plans sheetfed overhaul
Alito Color is poised to make a massive investment in new sheetfed presses as part of its move to a new East London site.
Excelprint pays price for poor cash flow
Ipswich-based B1 printer Excelprint (Suffolk) has been placed into the hands of administrators who are hoping to make a quick sale of the business.
New look for Butler & Tanner
Butler and Tanner (B&T) has brought all its subsidiary companies under one brand and unveiled a new corporate identity.
Euro Packaging staff win union recognition
Workers at Birmingham-based Euro Packaging have won union recognition, following five weeks of industrial action at the plant.
Union recognition for Euro Packaging workers
Workers at Birmingham-based Euro Packaging have won union recognition, following five weeks of industrial action at the plant.
New merchant business to focus on reels
A new company, Onform reels, has been established that will combine the reels divisions of paper merchants James McNaughton, Premier Paper and MoDo Merchants.
Presstek buys plate manufacturer
Presstek has agreed a 7m ($13m) deal to acquire Precision Lithograining, its manufacturing partner for the Anthem, Freedom and Aurora processless printing plates.
Abbot in trials for new online company tool
Hertfordshire-based printer Abbot (Kings Langley) has become one of the first companies in the UK to use a new company diagnostics tool.
Adare Halcyon seals PIN deal
National Savings & Investments (NS&I) has hired Adare Halcyon to be the sole supplier of secure PIN mailings to customers.
Antsalo prompts paper rejig
The forthcoming retirement of Myllykoski Sales UK managing director Ari Antsalo has triggered a merry-go-round of high profile managers in paper.
Bezier InfoShade a success
Bezier has incorporated its InfoShade product into point-of-sale campaigns for Dulux Weathershield and Allied Bakeries.
Creos Preps 5.0 debuts in UK
Upgraded Workflow imposition tool Creo Preps 5.0 is now available in the UK. The system, launched this month, will be distributed by Positive Focus.
DHM unlikely to continue as a trading firm
David Hulme Machinery (DHM) is no longer operating as a fully operational business according to its administrator, David Cockshott of BWC Business Solutions.
Digital generates marketing power
Printers will have more influence on marketing campaigns if they move towards digital print technology according to two marketers at a Hewlett-Packard (HP) event last week.