News

Bezier has produced all the Commonwealth Games point-of-purchase (PoP) material for Asda, a sponsor of the event.

HH Associates, the Surrey-based print management company, has added another high-profile company to its contract portfolio in the shape of Unilever.

Harry V Quadracci, the founder and president of Wisconsin-based printing group Quad/Graphics, has been found dead near his family home.

SCA Packaging triumphed for the second year running in PrintWeek's Five-a-Side Challenge Cup in Derby yesterday (28 June).

Graphic Facilities group managing director Les Pipe resigned from the firm on Tuesday (23 July) to join rival London repro house Colour Systems.

Smith & McLaurin, the labelstock manufactuer based near Glasgow, has been bought out of administration by a new company and members of its existing management team.

Creo UK sales director Mark Nixon has been appointed to the council of Picon, the machinery suppliers' and manufacturer's organisation

Shares in publicly owned printing companies dipped as the FTSE-100 fell to a six-year low.

Barclays has been accused of "shafting" its print suppliers through plans to cut ties with up to three-quarters in a money-saving drive, placing larger volumes through fewer companies.

Declines in most business areas have led to a drop in Stora Ensos second-quarter net income and sales.

Creditors of ICM Resource have been forced to write off 1.92m of bad debt after the companys CVA failed and it was placed into liquidation with Langley & Partners.

ET Heron, Wyndehams flagship web offset plant, has secured a three-year deal, believed to be worth around 3m a year, to print the <i>British Medical Journal (BMJ)</i>.

Chesapeakes second-quarter net income fell 88% after restructuring charges relating to the closure of Congleton and the consolidation of its Edinburgh and East Kilbride sites.

Colourgen has announced a strong rise in sales for the year ending June 2002.

Century Litho in Penryn, Cornwall, has incurred costs of 6,000 after losing a legal battle with one of its clients over the quality of printing for a brochure.