News

Two companies have been fined for health and safety breaches after workers sustained hand injuries on their equipment.

Synertec has initiated a record Canon imagePress deal with the installation of 85 imagePress C850s, worth £5m over the next three years.

District Photo UK subsidiary Harrier LLC has launched a new personalised print platform, Pictabulous, which transforms photos into artwork.

Employees at Stones Ashford are still waiting for an administrator to be appointed to the business, one week after its abrupt shutdown.

Unite the Union has vowed to “secure pay justice” for workers at Stones Ashford, calling the firm's behaviour “contemptible” after it closed its doors last Friday (17 November).

Large-format trade printer Printvision has invested £1.5m in a new purpose-built factory and kitted it out with an EFI Vutek FabriVu 340 digital fabric printer and a Dyss digital cutter.

In his Autumn Budget statement delivered yesterday (22 November), Philip Hammond announced the abolishment of the so-called ‘Staircase tax’, along with a reduction in the period of business rates...

Despite subdued output predictions from the BPIF’s Printing Outlook survey, printers have so far reported solid sales in the run-up to Christmas.

Direct mail specialist The Mailing People (TMP) has invested £220,000 in a new envelope enclosing line to broaden its range of mailing services.

J Thomson Colour Printers is the recipient of this year’s Koenig & Bauer UK 1814 Production Excellence Award.

Henry Stone Printers has blamed the failure of Stones Ashford on the knock-on negative effects of its previous ownership, while moving to reassure customers of its Banbury operation.

NHS printer and print manager Harlow Printing has invested around £200,000 in a range of finishing kit, including the UK’s third Horizon StitchLiner Mark III.

Print-Leeds has invested £5m to double its production capability with a premises relocation and the purchase of a new Heidelberg Speedmaster.

Microencapsulation specialist Celessence and ink manufacturer Gardiner Colours have collaborated to create a fragrance varnish, which can be applied on a litho press.

Water-based ink manufacturer Magna Colours has launched its new MagnaPrint UV-reactive invisible ink range, kicking the range off with a dark blue.