News

The dispute at St Ives over redundancies and annual wage increases looks set to break out into strike action

A working party has been set up to look at the books of Field''s Thatcham plant following the announcement of its planned closure

Impresse showed signs of increasing financial difficulty when it laid off a number of sales and marketing staff and chief executive Nimish Mehta resigned

IBM has announced a new cut-sheet monochrome digital press and enhancements to its Docuprint range

The packaging industry has been dealt another blow with the news that Stora Enso is to close Newton Kyme mill

Hardy Business Forms has been rescued at the last minute by Moore Paragon parent Grenadier.

Elements, the UK wing of ailing US digital print group Unidigital, is set to be sold-off and the UK-based management team will be among the bidders

Donside Paper has appointed Howard Smith Paper as its exclusive UK merchant for the Consort brand.

Heidelberg announced at Ifra that it was ready to accept orders for a new triple-width newspaper press

Xeikon has issued a profit warning for its third quarter results.

Silverscreen Print has been wound up after its receiver failed to find a buyer, and its assets are being auctioned.

Xeikon has appointed Sven Verghote as UK general manager.

CreoScitex has finished the post merger integration and appraisal process and has developed a roadmap for its workflow and CTP strategy

Agfa has launched a web-based application for its IntelliNet workflow system called WebApprove and a new newspaper proofing system

Brokers believe the market is worried that global demand for pulp and paper products could be starting to weaken.