Books

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon visited Bell & Bain this week and met with apprentices at the Glasgow book printer.

CPI Group has taken on a Fujifilm Jet Press 720S to produce short-run book jackets, covers and illustrated sections in its Books division.

Consumers are turning back to the printed book as digital sales begin to decline, according to statistics from the Publishers Association (PA).

Circle Media Group has established a major presence in the UK with the takeover of pan-European book printer CPI Group, in the latest industry consolidation play.

An upcoming asset sale in the US could spark interest from around the globe as it includes multiple Timsons book presses.

Kodak is expanding a global literacy programme by using sustainable technology to provide books and school supplies to communities in need around the world.

St Ives has sold its last remaining printing site – Clays, the UK’s biggest book printer, has been sold to Italian firm Elcograf for £23.8m.

Digital book printer Printondemand-worldwide has boosted its ‘book of one’ production capabilities after going live with its new Screen Truepress Jet 520HD colour inkjet web press.

HP has introduced a set of independent and interlocking cloud-based services to make book manufacturing and distribution more time- and cost-efficient for publishers.

Nationwide Print has spent £200,000 on a major expansion, taking on board four new finishing machines as well as updating its MIS and online marketing software.

Italian manufacturer Zechini has launched its Roby Zero casemaker, which can be made to change format in 12 seconds.

The assets of Black Dog Publishing and sister company Artifice Books, which went into liquidation last month owing printers thousands of pounds, have been bought by St James’s House Media Group.??