News

Printing.com has recorded an increase in annual turnover, coupled with a drop in pre-tax profit, in its preliminary results for the year ended 31 March 2009.

Lamination specialist Best Cover UV has closed its former Celloglas Manchester facility, just three months after buying it out of administration.

Business secretary Lord Mandelson has reiterated his stance to part-privatise the Royal Mail as private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has emerged as the likeliest suitor for the postal operator.

Print management company Etrinsic has continued to take on new contracts after securing deals with Laser UK and Baxi Group worth a total of nearly 2m a year.

Anton Group has brought its total spend with press manufacturer Heidelberg to 30m in five years after opting for its second Speedmaster XL perfector, a 105-12-P.

Paterson Printing has gone into administration making 40 staff redundant.

Newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror has awarded a series of distribution contracts with a retail value of more than 500m.

Hampshire printer James Byrne has addressed a growing demand for digitally printed short-run work after investing in a Xerox iGen4 digital press.

Finishing equipment manufacturer Muller Martini has unveiled the latest auxiliary equipment for its binding range.

Production staff at MPG Impressions (MPGi) were sent home yesterday leaving just a skeleton workforce as Lloyds TSB appointed BDO Stoy Hayward as administrators.

According to German and financial media outlets, press giant Heidelberg is to receive financial support from a fund launched by the German government to help companies affected by the recession.

East London printer Alito Color has kept up its policy of investment with a 250,000 spend on equipment from finishing equipment distributor Friedheim International.