News

National Lottery scratchcards are to be produced in the UK for the first time, according to reports in <i>The Sun</i> and <i>Yorkshire Post</i>.

Anton Group has completed the installation of its second Heidelberg Speedmaster 12-colour with CutStar and unveiled further investments including two five-colour Kodak NexPress 2100 pluses.

Ferag has scored another major mailroom coup with a deal to replace an existing Muller Martini set-up at Trinity Mirrors Saltire site in Glasgow.

Overgoal, the acquisition vehicle that bought the Vertis UK direct mail operations, has placed Vertis Leicester into administration and rebranded the three remaining sites.

St Ives said it would continue with its strategy of focusing on service and quality as it revealed a modest increase in turnover and an almost static underlying profit this week.

PrintYorkshire has hailed its first Showcase event a success with around 50 exhibitors and 400 delegates taking part.

MIS supplier Optimus has launched an add-on to its 2020 product that allows data collection from any equipment, even if the kit is not JDF-compatible.

Direct mail printer Moore Response Marketing (MRM) has invested 4.5m in twin web finishing lines and a Harris M1000 press, boosting its production capacity to up to 1.5m mailings per day.

WH Anderton & Sons and Doric Board & Packaging have merged their businesses to become Doric Anderton.

Fedrigoni has appointed a new sales manager to head its UK operation and is preparing its Italian mills for Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) assessment.

Reed Business Information (RBI) is to complete a move to Polestars e-procurement platform Httprint by the end of the year for supplements.

The BPIF has sounded a note of caution after printers responded with overwhelming optimism in its latest quarterly survey <i>Directions</i>.

HH Associates has completed a rebrand and is set to expand its offices in Europe.

Eclipse Colour Print has installed a Heidelberg Cut-Star, marking the German press giants century of sheeter installations.

Digital Print World organiser IIR has said it is confident of a successful show next year and revealed the dates and a number of exhibitors already committed to 2006.