News

Fulmar has bought back 750,000 shares after chief executive Mike Taylor greeted healthy first-half figures with cautious optimism.

Precision Colour Printing (PCP) is to enlarge its premises and expand its bindery following the installation of a 6.5m MAN Roland Rotoman 32pp web.

Stephen Mason has joined Inveresk as a non-executive director, while the firm has reported frustrating first-half financial figures.

Muller Martini is to launch a new newspaper mailroom control system at Ifra next month.

The BPIF has announced the launch of a four-year project, Print Yorkshire, which will aim to promote the prospects and encourage opportunities for print in the region.

PaperCo has become the latest paper merchanting group to announce price increases, following the lead of Map and Antalis in recent weeks (PrintWeek, 16 September).

Riverside Printing Company has invested in CTP with the installation of a Presstek Dimension 400 platesetter from AB Dick.

UPM is to invest 7.4m (Eu11m) with the installation of a high consistency bleaching plant at its Caledonian Paper mill in Scotland.

Carson Technical has been launched by former printer Harry Carson, with the aim of bringing the technical advances of pre-press into the press hall.

Leeds-based repro firm Vermillion Graphics has confirmed that it is set to make inroads into the packaging market.

Creo has claimed that its first year as a supplier of digital plates has been a success, and that the firm was ahead of its expectations for this point.

Troika Systems is to demonstrate a prototype of its FlexoCAM product at the Graph Expo show in Chicago next month.

Savvis has launched its virtualised IT services platform on the UK market.

The North East Mailing Centre (NEMC) has invested 100,000 in a new Renaddress ink-jet machine as part of its expansion plans.

Global large-format specialist MMT has launched an upgraded print carriage for its paint-based supersized drum printers.