News

Mollin Publishing in London is to be placed into liquidation owing creditors over 1m

UPM-Kymmene, Mets-Serla and Holmen have all reported increased turnover and profits for 2000, reflecting rises in consumption levels and prices

Philip Ogden has left Polestar to join Graphoprint in the newly formed role of sales and marketing director

Glasgow City Council has put its printing services out to tender as it "goes down the best value route" for all of its services

Over 250 staff at Gardners Books in Eastbourne have signed a petition supporting demands for better working conditions

Polestars results for 2000 and the first quarter of 2001 were characterised by strong core markets but increasing competition from European rivals

A team from Howitts visited Heidelbergs Montataire plant in France last week to look at the M600 web production line

Vertis Europe managing director Adriaan Roosen has quashed speculation that the group could be planning to sell the print operations of the former Colorgraphic business

Vio has become the first firm to offer digital services to the graphic arts using ADSL

Littlewoods has started a review of print division JCM Media, formerly J&C Moores, which could take up to five months

St Ives has further expanded its presence in North America with the purchase of the 75m ($109m)-turnover Avanti Press group

Washington Web has been placed in the hands of the official receivers

Speculation is rife that Bousfield is up for sale, but its biggest rivals have categorically denied any interest in the firm

HighWater has launched a system for outputting metal B1 plates for 30,000

Laurie Mullaney Associates has launched a new version of its Acme digital plate reader that uploads a video image of the dots to a PC