News

Tesco is making 70 staff redundant at its print plant as part of cost-cutting measures, with the supermarket chain looking to outsource its print requirements.

The Gordon Press has been bought in a management buyout, with plans to expand the business over the next two years.

Tussauds Group (TTG) has awarded a two-year contract to The Print Factory (TPF) to cover print, direct mail, storage and distribution.

A new business freesheet for London commuters that will rival the Financial Times is likely to be printed outside the capital, according to sources.

PrintWeeks much-loved and highly respected editor at large Jo Francis is leaving to pursue a new career in public relations.

Talisman Print Services is to become 100% owned by DSI Group following a share-swap deal, creating a 50m-plus turnover group.

County Durham-based mailing house Metromail has invested 600,000 in a raft of new Xerox kit.

Kodaks Graphic Communications Group has announced a number of key appointments as it works to rapidly integrate its enlarged worldwide organisation.

The European Commission has approved a payment of 136m (Eu197m) by the French government to state-owned printer Imprimerie Nationale (IN).

Digital Print World organiser IIR has hailed its move to the larger Earls Court 2 a success, with 80% of space at Octobers show sold.

Polestar Sheffield has commissioned its third gravure press and is already running the first white paper test.

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has offered ArjoWiggins a lifeline, potenitially saving the 150 jobs under threat at its Fort William mill.

Second-quarter results for Xerox and EFI show a mixed picture.

Xerox is to make inline UV varnishing available on its iGen3 digital press in the fourth quarter of 2005.

Colour Confidence has been appointed UK distributor of PrintDevizor, a package that shows users special inks and decorative finishes in realistic virtual 3D views.