Business

Digital ID acquires Essentra Security

ID card specialist Digital ID has acquired Essentra Security.

Tricord upgrades cutting

Mailing and fulfilment house Tricord will enhance its cutting quality and productivity with the installation of a Polar D56 Eco guillotine next month.

Foremost enhances finishing with Rhin-O-Tuff purchase

Foremost Print has invested nearly £20,000 in a Rhin-O-Tuff Tornado Autopunch system to increase its productivity.

C&T introduces new durable counter material

Creasing matrix and profile rubbers manufacturer C&T Channel Matrix has introduced a new Pertinax counter sheet for carton manufacturing.

ECM Print Finishers adds square-back book production

ECM Print Finishers has taken on a secondhand Watkiss SpineMaster to add square-back book production to its service offering.

Ludlow Bookbinders in Polar investment

Ludlow Bookbinders has invested around £30,000 in a new Polar N78 Plus guillotine less than a year after buying a secondhand Polar 92.

Interket shuts amid warnings on damaged reservoir

Interket has been evacuated from its premises due to fears that a nearby dam is set to rupture and flood the local town.

James Cropper 'positive' in post-Q1 update

James Cropper is looking ahead to a positive financial year thanks to a “promising” first quarter that follows a year in which pre-tax profits were halved.

Floods hit northern printers in overnight downpour

A number of printers across parts of northern England are counting the cost of the heavy rain and floodwaters that have resulted in people needing to be rescued, roads being blocked and rail routes...

Positive partners with Colouration

Positive Images UK and Colouration have partnered to form a new larger print group.

Monotype to be acquired by private equity firm

Global typeface giant Monotype Imaging Holdings is set to be acquired by private equity firm HGGC.

Reach chief executive Simon Fox to step down

Simon Fox will step down as chief executive of publishing group Reach next month.