News
Total keeps Pressing Matters
Total UK has renewed its contract with print management firm Pressing Matters to cover marketing material.
Target wins charity account
Target Direct Print has scooped up two charity contracts covering high-volume direct mail campaigns.
RFID unit set up at Avery Group to boost sales
Avery Dennison has formed a new business unit to manufacture and market low-cost radio frequency identification (RFID) products.
Curtis Secure set to launch at expo
Curtis Fine Papers plans to launch its Secure business group at Intergraf in Spain.
Leipa ready to roll with 218m PM4 paper maker
Leipa Georg Leinfelders new 218m (e330m) PM4 paper machine has completed commissioning and has produced its first saleable lightweight coated (LWC) paper (PrintWeek, 12 August).
Mixed results for ArjoWiggins
ArjoWiggins has reported mixed fortunes across its group, against a backdrop of continuing difficult market conditions.
APP signs deal to keep in with green practice
Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) has agreed a series of legally binding environmental covenants with its creditors.
Profits up at Fulmar
Fulmar chief executive Mike Taylor is cautiously optimistic at the half-year stage, despite continuing price pressure in the groups core commercial and financial printing operations.
Creditors swoop on APP
Two of Asia Pulp and Papers (APPs) creditors have taken the unusual step of seizing control of the firms exhibition booth at a trade show in Florida.
End of the line for White and Buzwell
The businesses of both White Productions and the Buzwell Group have been wound-up, after a refinancing package for parent Buzwell failed to materialise.
BPIF launches northern print initiative
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 northern regions.
Alito goes for KBA refit after merger
Alito Color Group and Oaktree Press have picked KBA to supply an arsenal of sheetfed presses, including the UKs first Rapida 105 with coater after their planned merger.
Closure averted at Polestar Direct
Closure at Polestar Direct Leeds has been averted with the web operation remaining although the sheetfed division will shut.
Hibbert joins Ipex committee
Polestar chief executive Barry Hibbert and four other top industry names have joined the 2006 Ipex advisory committee (IAC).
IDG completes Columbia Turbo beta tests
Leeds-based Image Serigraphics has completed beta testing on the Inca Columbia Turbo press and is to install a second machine.