News

KBA is removing the UK's first Rapida 74 from Bradford-based Horton Print Group after a dispute over its performance.

The GPMU has withdrawn its support for all <i>Print 21</i> initiatives, including the bid to establish an industry forum, following the BPIF's refusal to recommend a statutory training levy.

Jarrold Printing managing director Charles Jarrold has claimed that the web offset sector is "overstretched" and said it was difficult to see the industry continuing in its current structure.

Kodak Polychrome Graphics will launch a waterless CTP plate at Graph Expo in October.

Howard Hunt (City) is opening a third new factory in Dartford's Crossways Business Park and has picked up some of the assets of failed Carlton Barclay.

Montrose Press, which bought the assets of Chelmsford-based Clifford Thames earlier this year, has picked up the assets of Hyway Printing Services, saving 85 jobs.

The PGC NTO and its Photo Imaging colleagues will meet with the Sector Skills Development Agency (SSDA) this month to find an alternative route to create a Sector Skills Council (SSC).

Bridger Packaging is investing 3m in a move to new premises and the purchase of a new press.

The BPIF is making its board "representative" of its membership and the industry by appointing Linney Group managing director Miles Linney (pictured) as a non-executive director and backing the...

Print insurance premiums have risen by over a quarter due to the growing compensation culture, a weak stock market and massive losses in the insurance industry.

MAN Roland has conceded that there will be a downturn in business for 2002 because of a lack of investment in new equipment.

Heidelberg insists its slump has bottomed following a big drop in profits for the first three months of its financial year.

Ryobi equipment at Ry-Offset in Leeds has been damaged by the floods that wreaked havoc in the North in early August.

Bousfield, the Bristol-based inks and press room chemicals manufacturer, is entering the narrow web label sector with a range of new products from press room chemicals to platesetters.

Service Graphics, the firm assembled from various assets of Photobition, claims it is on track to achieve sales of 40m in its first year of business after reporting a turnover of 18.5m for the first...