
Gilde acquires Albumprinter
Cimpress has announced the sale of its photo album business Albumprinter to European private equity investor Gilde Buyout Partners.

Domino picks Xaar 502 printhead for new outer case coders
Domino has chosen to incorporate Xaar's 502 GS15 O printhead into the new 70mm C6000+ variant of its C-Series Plus piezo drop-on-demand outer case coders.

Buckley scoops Young Stationers' prize
Prima Software managing director Ian Buckley has won the Young Stationers’ Award 2017.

Langley positive on interims
Manroland Sheetfed parent company Langley Holdings has said group performance was, on the whole, satisfactory although its press manufacturing operation was slightly behind target at the half year.

Ortek closes doors
Midlands-based printer Ortek has closed its doors.

'Internal factors' to blame for Essentra profits slide
Essentra has blamed recent poor financial performance on “internal, not external factors”, after announcing details of a strategic review yesterday alongside its H1 2017 results.

Updated: Cimpress expects new strategy to pay off
Cimpress has posted a bigger than expected loss after a year of substantial change, but chief executive Robert Keane believes the global print giant's fresh strategy has improved its future...

Essentra to take £35m hit on site closure
Around 150 jobs are set to go with the proposed closure of an Essentra site that only opened last year.

De La Rue produces polymer £10 for Clydesdale
Clydesdale Bank’s new £10 polymer banknote will go into circulation in September.

Renz bolsters portfolio with new launches
Renz has expanded its product portfolio with the launch of the Argos F400 cold UV coating machine and the Bindomatic Accel Cube and Accel Ultra thermal cover binding machines.

VR Print steps in at stricken NXP
Kent-based VR Print has taken on the assets and goodwill of NXP Europe, which went into administration last week.

Ad spend grows again but print spend still falling
UK advertising expenditure grew by 1.3% year-on-year in Q1 2017 but print continued to decline, despite direct mail exceeding forecasts, according to new research.