News

Ipex has added to the brightening mood within the industry, according to Picon, following its latest quarterly survey of its members, suppliers to the industry.

Emap has appointed UK print buyer Andy Franks as successor to group production director David Foakes.

Mitsubishi will become the first press manufacturer in the UK to run a press using CTP waterless plates in its showroom.

Timsons, the manufacturer of web offset book printing presses, and Fujifilm Electronic Imaging (FFEI) have both picked up the prestigious Queens Award for Enterprise.

Mail-Well has confirmed it will exit the label and printed office products markets by the end of the year if not sooner (<i>PrintWeek</i>, 13 July 2001).

Two Cornish printers claim to have formed one of the largest sheetfed printing groups in the South West after merging.

Heidelberg is cutting back the range of pre-press products that it develops and sells, exiting the scanner and low-end imagesetter market.

Polestar has awarded Creo and Heidelberg the contracts to meet its group-wide move to CTP.

AM Graphidec, the majority-owned Belgian subsidiary of Litho Supplies, has applied for a Moratorium, similar to US Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

The Guardians adoption of Quickcuts file delivery service has freed its advertisers from the need and cost of using preferred repro suppliers.

Printing Techniques signed a number of deals at Ipex including a further deal with Southampton-based book printer Hobbs the Printers.

TypeMaker is launching a range of low-cost products and services under the Colour Confidence brand to encourage the uptake of colour management by smaller firms.

Pims has bought digital printer Communications In Print (CIP), making it the largest commercial digital print company in Europe and possibly the world.

T/R Systems and Heidelberg are working together to enable Heidelbergs digital presses to be driven by T/R Systems MicroPress workflow software.

A double whammy of demand dips has led to plummeting sales and profits at Electronics for Imaging (EFI) for the first quarter.