News

Packaging firm Print Design & Graphics (PDG) has said that business has never been better since it recovered from a massive fire last May.

Associated Newspapers is to spend 96m on Cerutti presses for its new flexo plant in Didcot and upgrade its KBA Flexo-Courier presses at Harmsworth Quays.

MAN Roland GB now offers 24/7 service support after extending it to include full breakdown cover at weekends.

Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen has intervened in the paper mill dispute, getting the two sides back to the negotiating table.

Communisis has said that difficult market conditions and the cost of European expansion have pegged first-half operating profit to last years figure of 8m.

KBA expects to make a loss for the first half of 2005, an extension of its first quarter loss previously described as a temporary glitch.

AGI Labels has created a new division enabling customers to test their labels prior to printing the main run.

Contrary to a report in PrintWeek, 23 June, Goss International will not be left with just 46 people at its Montataire plant following proposed job cuts.

Kodak has unveiled the UK management structure of its Graphic Solutions & Services (GS&S) division and its plans to merge the UK offices of Creo and KPG.

OFT proposals for magazine and newspaper distribution have been branded disastrous by the National Federation of Retail Newsagents (NFRN).

The Finnish Paperworkers Union has rejected the latest proposals on ending industrial action, forcing employers to extend the mill lockouts by another week.

The Northcliffe Press (TNP) South West is set to close its aging two-press print site in Exeter, with the potential loss of up to 70 jobs.

A new force in digital print and personalised marketing is being created by London Digital Printing Group and Documedia Solutions.

Alderson Brothers Print Group has rounded off a 10m spend with two new 16pp Goss web presses, giving it a 50% boost in web capacity.

Islington-based pre-media firm Fresh Media Group has formed a tie-up with New York pre-media and print group 291 Digital.