Scotland

If asked to place Orkney on a map of Britain, most of us would stare blankly for a while before incorrectly placing it somewhere halfway to Iceland.

M-real Graphic Papers UK and Ireland has announced it will increase the price of its magazine papers by 50 (40) per tonne due to rising material costs.

InterFlex Group has bought flexible packaging printer and converter EBR Limited in a bid to grow its flexible packaging portfolio.

PaperCo's specialist division Reel Paper has introduced G-Print Matt, an FSC-approved matt coated paper from Grycksbo Paper into its catalogue for 2008.

A 35-year-old Scottish printer has gone into liquidation with the loss of more than 30 full-time staff and "quite a few" casual employees.

A chartered architecture firm has grown its digital colour capacity by investing in an Oc TCS500 for its site in a 14th-century Scottish castle.

Label printer John Watson & Company has revealed an ambitious 5m investment in new presses to support its continuing expansion, after it notched up a 35% increase in turnover.

Heidelberg has sold two presses to branches of Scottish litho group MLG, in a deal worth around 2m.

The Scottish Print Employers Federation (SPEF) and union Unite have agreed on recommended pay rises for 2007 and 2008.

Printagraph is setting its sights on picking up more on-demand work after replacing its Canon digital set-up with 1.5m worth of equipment from Xerox.

Woods of Perth has become the first Scottish company to receive Muller Martini's much-coveted cowbell.

Johnston Press, the Edinburgh-based newspaper publisher and printer, has warned that the contract newspaper printing market is set to become more competitive, but believes that it will not be affected...