Litho

Burgeoning demand for glossy art brochures has prompted Cambrian Printers to sign a five-year contract with Agfa for Azura TU plates.

Precision is investing £3m in a plant overhaul, including a move up to SRA1, a switch from Heidelberg to Ryobi presses, new plate makers and cutting and stitching kit.

Agfa Graphics is introducing a series of “affordable” engines that focus on CTP technology for newspaper web-offset printing.

The Bramwell Label Company has gone into administration with 30 jobs lost and its kit up for auction.

Route One Print has overhauled its pre-press supply, with new plates, a low-chemistry plate processor, a developer and workflow software, all from Fujifilm.

Polestar chief executive Barry Hibbert is no longer with the business.

Employee-owned Colchester Print Group has ceased to trade, blaming a market that "conspired against" dedicated staff.

Cardiff-based lithographic printer Spectrum Printing has invested in a new 600i Duetto Booklet System, to assist with new all-Wales printing service work for local councils.

Kent-based printer Wallace Print is heading for record turnover in its 30th year.

Administrators at PricewaterhouseCoopers have confirmed that 183 redundancies have been made at Polestar.

Neville Chamberlain, described as a world-leading authority on offset printing blankets, has died aged 80.

Eagle Systems is claiming to be the first company to conquer cold foiling on uncoated stocks and has promised to reveal how at Drupa.