News

'Atlas Machinery' back in business
Atlas Machinery, which went into voluntary administration last week, looks set to return as a "leaner organisation".

Reprohouse boosts productivity with Océ investment
CAD plotting and large-format print house Reprohouse has bought a Canon Océ ColorWave 910 to more efficiently fulfill its volume print orders.

HH Global wins five-year Lloyds print contract
HH Global has won a five-year contract to provide all of Lloyds Banking Group’s non-transactional print and marketing as an “end-to-end outsourced solution” provider.

De La Rue shares rise on trading statement
Shares in De La Rue rose sharply after the security printer announced that its operating profits are likely to be higher than expected.

Supplier calls in administrators after 25 years
Atlas Machinery, the supplier of used bookbinding and finishing kit, has closed for good and called in administrators.

Grafenia 'makes further progress'
Grafenia has described its new Printing.com subscription model as producing “encouraging” results, while its Marqetspace trade printing service is running ahead of target.

HP Indigo completes CPI Colour £3.5m spend
CPI Colour has completed a £3.5m investment with a B2 HP Indigo 10000 press which is expected to be operational by later this month.

Stormpress invests in Kluge to capitalise on niche growth sector
West Country printer Stormpress has spoken of an “unprecedented” impression strength after hitting the switch on a new foil stamping, embossing and die-cutting press.

Paper price rises due next month
Elliott Baxter (EBB) is primed to break the paper price stalemate that has existed since the collapse of Paperlinx UK, with other merchants expected to follow suit.

Walstead in major continental buy
Wyndeham owner Walstead has turned its sights on central Europe with a further continental acquisition that will propel the group’s total sales to almost £400m and make it the largest independent...

Brochure con crooks jailed
A print boss and his business partner convicted of overseeing the production of brochures which formed an integral part of a boiler room fraud have been jailed for 40 months each.

Interflex Group sweeps up at the EFIA awards
Film and label packaging company Interflex Group won two golds and a further five awards at the European Flexographic Industry Association (EFIA) Print Awards 2016.

Question mark over Polestar gravure client
Polestar appears to have lost its second multimillion-pound contract in the space of a week.

Print On Solutions winding up petition filed
A creditor has filed a winding up petition against envelope and bag overprinter Print On Solutions, trading as Print On, as the directors create a new company.

Polestar loses Immediate Media titles
Polestar has lost major publishing client Immediate Media to arch-rival Wyndeham Group as a result of its recent pre-pack.