Eastland Colour calls in insolvency firm

BREAKING: A firm of insolvency practitioners has been working on the case of Manchester print company Eastland Colour for the past two days.

GF Smith is new owner of Naturalis

GF Smith has acquired the Naturalis fine uncoated papers brand from the administrators of Tullis Russell.

Sun Chemical launches new ink dispenser and ink

Sun Chemical is launching a new ink dispenser for the label market, which it says will be more efficient and drive down costs.

Digital label finisher to launch at Labelexpo

A new high-speed label-finishing machine is due to be launched by Prati at Labelexpo Europe in September.

Agfa Graphics hires three graduate trainees

Agfa Graphics has recruited three graduate trainees to strengthen its sales teams in commercial print, inkjet and workflow.

Tangent warns on profits as Snowball disappoints

Tangent Communications has sacked the boss of its underperforming Tangent Snowball marketing agency and issued a profits warning for the full year.

Two Sides research reveals print power still rules

Two new surveys by paper pressure group Two Sides have revealed that consumers much prefer print to electronic media when reading news, magazine content, complicated information and bills.

Print North East produces luxurious brochure for Newcastle hotel

Print North East has produced a wedding brochure for Newcastle’s Vermont Hotel, designed to replicate its luxurious surroundings and represent the high quality of its wedding events offering.

John Good establishes digital arm with £500,000 investment

Theatre programme specialist John Good has invested £500,000 to establish an in-house digital operation.

Terry Cooper Services to offer Tecnograf machines

UK printers can now buy Tecnograf perfect binding technology through Nottingham-based Terry Cooper Services (TCS).

Research finds 41% of print SMEs run apprenticeships

Print companies are doing better than other industry sectors at taking on apprentices – but still only 41% of SMEs in the sector do so, according to new research.

Acquisitive printer expands litho and finishing capacity

A Welsh printer is to install its third Heidelberg Speedmaster XL and the UK's first Promatrix 106CS die-cutter after taking on staff, a building and work of a company which went into...