Digital printing

Callprint Group's former managing director Steve Cheek has taken control of its Dubai business, and also has a fresh involvement in a UK trade printer.

Callprint is understood to be courting buyers as a notice of intention to appoint administrators at the London-headquartered group was posted at the High Court.

A number of employees have been laid off at the sheetfed and digital operations of G&H Print Services, and the firm’s website has been taken down.

Awesome Merchandise has smashed its crowdfunding target and has now entered an ‘overfunding’ phase.

HP revealed a number of enhancements for its Indigo presses at the IGAS exhibition in Japan in July, including a screen to increase sharpness and a silver ink for metallic applications.

Heidelberg has reported an increase in orders and turnover as it closes the first quarter of the 2018-19 financial year, with its longer-term targets looking increasingly “realistic”.

SP Group ceased production earlier this week and the majority of workers at the business have now been made redundant.

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.

A big increase in orders for special presses has boosted first-half results at Koenig & Bauer, with the order backlog at the manufacturer ‘extraordinarily high’ at more than €800m (£712m).

Xerox’s new chief executive has pledged to “transform” the business in order to better serve customers and stakeholders, and has also stated that the group is not being actively offered for sale.

Charing Cross Print has concluded a 12-month, circa £380,000 re-equip that has seen it invest in machines from Duplo, Xerox, Vivid and Ideal.