German pre-media consultant Michael Mittelhaus last year published an in-depth report on the development of the European printing plate market. In this he stated that within four to eight years...

View how UK print companies' pre-tax profits have changed over the past 10 years.

Essex-based commercial and large format printers FM Print has rebranded, along with its greetings cards and design arms, to Elle Media Group as part of an “aggressive growth plan.”

Exhibitors have called Cross Media organiser Informa's acquisition of rival show MediaPro from CloserStill Media a positive move for the events calendar.

HPM & Addo has fallen into administration and is understood to have been sold to one of its directors, Keiran Bayley, in a pre-pack deal.

Printing.com pre-tax profits fell 28.8% to 890,000 (2012: 1.25m) on turnover of 20.66m in the 12 months to 31 March 2013, down 5.1%.

Pre-media company F1 Colour has appointed industry stalwart Les Pipe as a director of the business.

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Folio Print Finishing has been sold in a pre-pack deal to a second company owned by its directors, David Robshaw and Andrew Bird, after two major customers entered insolvency.

Immediate Media paper manager Steve Wehrle has retired after more than 50 years of service.