Newsarchive August 2009

03.08 Litho Supplies to take on Mitsubishi sales as Japanese giant centres European business in the UK »
03.08 Interest in Bespoke Envelopes Direct wanes, administrator says »
03.08 Epson cuts price of Stylus Pro wide-format models »
03.08 Sappi reveals winners of its 10th Ideas that Matter initiative »
03.08 Agfa cuts debt with £136m sale of receivables in Q2 »
03.08 Wren Press revitalises Linotronic 330 with StudioRIP »
03.08 GMG aims to stem losses within three years »
03.08 ICSM warns printers to raise awareness of bad debts »
04.08 HP to launch large-format device at Viscom »
04.08 Cloc aims to cut carbon footprint in push for ISO 14001 »
04.08 Wood Printcraft buys KBA Rapida 75 »
04.08 Tecco launches 'world's first' PEFC-accredited proof paper »
04.08 PaperCo releases swatch for Fizz tinted range »
04.08 Aon calls on government to support UK business by increasing insurance cover »
04.08 Rate of decline in manufacturing orders slowing, survey finds »
04.08 Speedscreen completes 'tricky' install of Durst Rho 800 Presto »
04.08 HP reports more than 5,000 Indigo presses in operation »
04.08 Paragon Group buys Ward Knowles »
04.08 XChange launches two new XTensions for QuarkXPress 8 »
04.08 Trinity members balloted over nationwide industrial action »
04.08 UPM posts Q2 loss and warns of further temporary capacity cuts »
04.08 Leaked email fails to clear up Observer future speculation »
04.08 Antalis makes environmental pledge with May Day membership »
04.08 Favini's Shiro Alga Carta grade used to print Venice Transport & Culture card »
04.08 Read set to leave Bauer as Ryan assumes top UK production role »
05.08 ABI calls for increased controls on pre-pack deals »
05.08 Ward Knowles Manchester sale 'close', administrator claims »
05.08 Unilever turns to Denny Bros for 4m Fix-a-Form leaflets on Sure products »
05.08 Inserts get boost from DMA research »
05.08 Euro Media Solutions to be liquidated as director moves to Belgravia »
05.08 'Static tension' PoS material brought to UK »
05.08 Free Value Added Printing workshop scheduled for September »
05.08 Disney plans massive outdoor and press campaign for XD launch »
06.08 Print buyers to tap into Kall Kwik and Prontaprint franchises with ODC's web-to-print launch »
06.08 Ryobi launches five-colour Ryobi 525GE »
06.08 RR Donnelley bullish despite Q2 83% profit drop »
06.08 PromoServe launches new-look Proof Portal »
06.08 News Corp to charge for access to web content within 12 months »
06.08 ODC launches web-to-print service for Kall Kwik and Prontaprint franchises »
06.08 Interest rates held at 0.5% as MPC hands £50bn boost to asset purchase scheme »
07.08 BPS increases automation with GAE buy »
07.08 News you may have missed »
07.08 Arjowiggins Graphic launches campaign to encourage printers to increase green efforts »
07.08 Council newsletters under fire as cost-cutting and local paper pressure hits spend »
07.08 SME bosses fear reprisals from job cuts, survey claims »
07.08 Fujifilm unveils next generation processless plate »
07.08 Real Digital handles additional work with Stahlfolder buy »
07.08 Huge increase in capacity at Abbey Bookbinding following Renz investment »
07.08 Bookbinders of London launches photobook service with UK's first Duplo PUR binder »
07.08 Xerox launches new Docucolor 7002 and 8002 presses »
07.08 CTP install spurs FSC and PEFC accreditations at The Charlesworth Group »
07.08 Anger as RBS shrinks loan book to small businesses »
07.08 Ballot begins at Trinity sites on industrial action »
07.08 Manroland denies finishing exit rumour »
07.08 Administrators called in at Qualitech »
07.08 Assembly Direct Mail invests in Océ to drive personalisation push »
10.08 Heidelberg secures future liquidity with €1.4bn credit line »
10.08 Canon boosts document management offering with IRIS buy »
10.08 Heidelberg secures future liquidity with £1.2bn credit line »
10.08 Qualitech director hopes for large company tie-up »
10.08 Walsh Color Print moves into digital with HP Indigo investment »
10.08 Small loss for Archant after turnover drop »
10.08 PHD Mail invests in PrintNet software from GMC »
10.08 Liquidations in England and Wales up 40% »
10.08 Paragon to offer 'complete service' after Ward Knowles buy »
10.08 ITC rules VIM plates infringe Presstek patents »
11.08 Colourgen launches trade-in promotion on Seiko II ColorPainter V-64S printer »
11.08 GNM first quality paper to drop bulk distributions »
11.08 Guardian Print Centre industrial action unlikely »
11.08 Display business merger forms Midlands' 'biggest' signage company »
11.08 The Charlesworth Group makes double promotion to board »
11.08 Royal Mail strikes could force clients to turn away from direct mail »
11.08 Mekvale becomes FSC and PEFC accredited to gain tender work »
11.08 Epson to launch wide-format printer with packaging proofing functionality at LabelExpo »
11.08 Packaging prototyping firm Pakready prepares for global push with Sizer appointment »
11.08 SMEs to get free access to lower-value government tenders »
11.08 Gandinnovations details Print '09 and Fespa lineup, debuts FTR option »
11.08 Gerber sells laser marking division to Videojet as part of strategic review »
11.08 Prism adds member services and announces autumn conference »
11.08 Royal Mail strikes could force clients to turn away from direct mail, printers warned »
11.08 Mortons turns to Goss for fire protection »
12.08 Assets sale of FI Printing is 'close' »
12.08 Unite warns that umemployment will rise further »
12.08 Qualitech administrators axe two-thirds of staff »
12.08 BT hands multi-million pound transpromo deal to RR Donnelley »
12.08 Heidelberg expects full-year loss after £54m Q1 operating loss »
12.08 Blushing printers shy away from saucy women's magazine work »
12.08 Park Communications becomes one of six UK printers to achieve EMAS »
12.08 VIM files appeal to ITC over 'erroneous' decision on plate patent infringements »
13.08 Pega Print sold in management buy-in »
13.08 Global Graphics improves trapping and transparency in Harlequin 8.1 »
13.08 Flint Group cuts delivery times for rotec offset sleeves »
13.08 Pureprint's new technical director predicts company's changing role »
13.08 Production directors 'feeling the pressure' »
14.08 Bolton Council increases capacity with Polar buy »
14.08 Pitney Bowes signs CMI agreement »
14.08 Able-Labels invests in StudioRIP to solve front-end problems »
14.08 BED sale expected early this week »
14.08 Utting and Bacon join BPIF board »
14.08 Small businesses plan to increase print spend but target move in-house, survey claims »
14.08 Proteck, Screen and TechNova secure three-party alliance »
14.08 Future to close PSW »
14.08 Duplo to launch three new products at London show »
14.08 Orchard Press makes Friedheim folder investment »
14.08 Paper price rises may be staved off for now despite tough year »
14.08 Three party alliance between Proteck, Screen and TechNova »
14.08 DM printers report unseasonal upswing after dire 12 months »
14.08 Reader Reaction: What steps have you taken to protect against bad debt? »
14.08 Bishops Printers secures FSC to tender for a wider range of work »
14.08 UPDATE: Paramount 'set to buy Qualitech' »
14.08 SMEs experiencing a decline in existing credit lines, CBI report shows »
14.08 Small businesses plan to increase print spend but target move in-house »
16.08 WD-40 picks Denny Bros for Problem Sorted! campaign »
17.08 M-real increases folding boxboard prices in the UK »
17.08 Grayam Press boosts digital capacity with Truepress investment »
17.08 NHS Trust turns to Xerox for patient record digitisation »
17.08 The Bigger Printing Company sets sights on growth following rebrand »
17.08 Man killed in machinery incident at Welsh pulp paper company »
17.08 Crews tackle fire at UPM's Shotton paper mill »
18.08 Reader's Digest to file for Chapter 11 »
18.08 KBA experiences profit drop but sheetfed order outlook strong »
18.08 W Williams & Son Printers expands digital offering on 150th anniversary »
18.08 Lord Mandelson tells CWU to 'wake up' over strike action »
18.08 Konica Minolta opens ihub facility to serve North West »
18.08 Purbrooks secures strategic investment loan from RBS »
18.08 BGP snaps up former Prinovis Liverpool UK sales director Ross Borton »
18.08 Ward Knowles Manchester sold to site's landlord »
18.08 Drytac invests in coatings and laminating manufacturing capacity »
18.08 Lord Mandelson hits back at criticism over support to small businesses »
18.08 Sun set to launch specialist substrate flatbed printer »
18.08 McKenzie Clark ups sales and service staff to boost business »
19.08 Xerox to focus on boosting customers' business at Print 09 »
19.08 Impress Systems to unveil multi-substrate Foil Xpress at Print 09 »
19.08 API Laminates to hold series of environmental consultancy forums »
19.08 Cost cutting returns Schawk to profit despite drop in revenue »
19.08 Print 09 late surge defies the economic climate »
19.08 Goss to continue New Ways for Print theme at Print 09 »
19.08 Heidelberg sets out to boost confidence in print sector at Print 09 »
19.08 Super Web targets direct mail market with two Print 09 launches »
19.08 Impress Systems to launch multi-substrate Foil Xpress »
19.08 PPA publishes export trends report »
19.08 Paramount Print Group takes on Qualitech print arm »
19.08 Second bid for Bespoke could thwart former owners' attempts to buy company »
19.08 UPM moves closer to CO2 neutral status with Finnish mill success »
19.08 APP-China highlights environmental commitments for 2009 »
20.08 Company administrations 2009 »
20.08 HP's Imaging and Printing Group revenues drop 20% »
20.08 Reflections secures distribution rights for 3D effect varnish »
20.08 News International in consultation over closure of Thelondonpaper »
20.08 Xaar returns to profit after China market share boost »
20.08 Lonsdale brings bookletmaking in-line with Océ VarioPrint 6250 »
20.08 Roto Smeets dashes hopes of rapid European recovery »
20.08 British Book Design and Production Awards shortlist unveiled »
20.08 Finnish union threatens strikes in response to Stora Enso's cost reduction plans »
21.08 Johnson denies link up with Webmart for OGC »
21.08 Reader Reaction: Will paid-for online content boost the printing industry? »
21.08 Axed print staff facing prospect of 'long-term unemployment' »
21.08 Headley Brothers buys new Heidelberg »
21.08 Government extends trade credit top-up scheme »
21.08 New look Quebecor World posts $59.5m Q2 loss in first results since exiting Chapter 11 »
21.08 Lithgo Press cuts production line problems with Digifold 5000P »
21.08 Rates rise 'will bankrupt tens of thousands of businesses' »
21.08 WRH expands JobFolio range »
21.08 Formara buys Perfecta for productivity boost »
24.08 Roland DG teases with taster of Sign & Digital Ireland launch plans »
24.08 KL Druck rebrands Düsseldorf stadium to reflect new sponsor Esprit »
24.08 KMCA reports steady business thanks to Facebook success »
24.08 Gardners installs UK's first HP Scitex FB7500 »
24.08 Bezier rolls out new pricing displays for Asda »
24.08 EBB relocates distribution/sales facility to improve service »
24.08 Johnston Press denies Scotsman sale talks »
24.08 Credit conditions tough for SMEs »
24.08 Mercian Labels boss achieves chartered director status »
24.08 Cestrian takes UK's first Agfa M-Press Tiger »
24.08 Gardners install UK's first HP Scitex FB 7500 »
24.08 Heidelberg and Manroland merger rumours persist »
24.08 Heritage Printers in administration »
24.08 Printers could save up to 80% on CCL charges, BPIF claims »
25.08 Circle Services installs Presstek 52DI to 'bridge litho and digital gap' »
25.08 Moo.com picks Autobond for US investment »
25.08 Océ UK and Friedheim International to host digital print open days »
25.08 Goricane guarantees Sora Matt grade for laser printing »
25.08 'Fear factor' leads commercial printer to bring laminating in-house »
25.08 Manufacturing Skills Alliance to give sector 'greater voice' »
25.08 Océ and Zünd to hold September open days »
25.08 St Ives proposes Plymouth job cuts »
25.08 World's largest recycled newsprint machine begins production in UK »
26.08 ACT hits record turnover thanks to repeat business »
26.08 Manroland to focus on value to meet market demand at Print 09 »
26.08 Muller Martini positive ahead of Print 09 »
26.08 HP launches latest SmartStream Production Pro Print Server »
26.08 Finance companies flock to Print 09 »
26.08 Presstek to take Presstek DI digital offset presses to Print 09 »
26.08 Roland DGA to exhibit Versa UV LEC inkjet wide-format printer »
26.08 On Demand Machinery to exhibit ODM Case Binding Systems »
26.08 Presstek to take DI presses and chemistry-free CTP to Print 09 »
26.08 Goodhead Group owner hints at business disposals »
26.08 Eco accreditations too expensive, SMEs claim »
26.08 M-real integrates pulp and board Kemiart Liners mill with 103 staff affected »
26.08 NAPM records highest quarterly bad debt since records began »
26.08 Trinity consults over Birmingham titles »
26.08 GI Direct appointed to Welsh Assembly Government's framework contract. »
26.08 HarperCollins turns to hardback print-on-demand model »
26.08 Young adults 'most responsive to DM campaigns' »
26.08 Toyota chooses DM to promote new range »
26.08 C&R Printing Services becomes FSC accredited »
26.08 Sainsbury's commissions St Ives Direct to produce first home catalogue »
27.08 GPS reaffirms Cromalin brand with Epson hardware package »
27.08 Premier Paper Group launches company-wide initiative to reduce unnecessary waste »
27.08 'Consolidation an option' for paper manufacturing sector »
27.08 SoFlat substrate launched for lower-cost banner production »
27.08 FMG's Feltham lured by Wyndeham client role »
27.08 Shanghai Electric denies German media claims about Manroland »
27.08 RJDA aiming to up standardisation with spend on pressSign software »
27.08 Kodak sets out to 'reinvent' tradeshow experience at Print 09 »
27.08 Vaughan to step down as Communisis profits plunge »
27.08 Colour Options moves into short-run books market with perfect binder buy »
28.08 INM posts £42.7m first-half loss »
28.08 Litho Supplies upbeat despite £1.3m loss »
28.08 Polish substrate specialist targets European market with Viscom debut »
28.08 Credit top-up changes slammed by print firms »
28.08 Pader Digital extends Varius range with new solvent machine »
28.08 Stoke-on-Trent City Council opts for UK's first Ryobi's 522GE »
28.08 Reader Reaction: How did you raise finance during the economic downturn? »
28.08 Printers owed $17.4m following Reader's Digest Chapter 11 filing »
28.08 Duplo launches 'enhanced' feeder »
28.08 Johnston Press ends going concern uncertainty with debt refinance »
28.08 Best Cover shuts London plant »
28.08 Charles Jarrold to leave Southernprint following Wyndeham acquisition »
28.08 BT&D celebrates first birthday with Kolbus SU 651 purchase »
28.08 Printers owed $17.4m following Reader's Digest collapse »
28.08 Court of Appeal ruling 'may halt growing number of pre-packs' »
28.08 GDP contraction stalls but economists warn of long recovery »