Newsarchive August 2010

02.08 Printers claim paper supply shortages »
02.08 PaperCo launches 9lives Preprint »
02.08 GF Smith launches Cromático Digital »
02.08 Océ suffers £61m pre-tax loss despite growth in colour digital print »
02.08 SDC Reprographics expands in small-format market »
02.08 Hobs Reprographics donates £1,000 to Great Ormond Street »
02.08 Polestar redundancies could be 'dramatically' reduced »
03.08 MTP Media invests in Agfa Avalon N4 platesetter »
03.08 Borble MD discusses variable data with Japanese label audience »
03.08 Printers could cut ink usage by up to 25% with new Inkwize software, claims Bodoni »
03.08 Cavendish backlash sends Richmond into administration »
03.08 Colourworld Winchester closes doors »
03.08 Proskills closes in on training investment programme funding for UK print »
03.08 CPI warns climate change policies have put UK manufacturing at risk »
03.08 OKI Iaunches C801 and C821 for small business market »
03.08 GMG gains HP Gold partner badge »
03.08 Signs Express completes 'Relentless Boardmasters' vehicle wrap with HP Designjet L25500 »
03.08 Kodak GCG boosted by lower raw material prices as group hit with debt restructuring costs »
03.08 South West Colour Labs takes Screen flatbed for its superior quality »
03.08 Buhrs administrator still negotiating with bidders »
04.08 Alliances could benefit print »
04.08 River retains Virgin Holidays mag work »
04.08 JF Print now the last UK long-grain book outfit »
04.08 London Fancy Box becomes FSC and PEFC certified »
04.08 Statex Colourprint invests in Heidelberg Prinect Prepress Manager »
04.08 Morgana reveals Documaster Pro digital finishing »
04.08 PPG posts £1.2m pre-tax loss »
04.08 Printers undecided on government proposals to extend the default retirement age »
04.08 Avon mute over catalogue tender winner as Pindar shrugs off loss »
05.08 Confusion surrounds status of The Oceans Group »
05.08 Denmaur Independent Papers launches Amadeus Recycled range »
05.08 Arjowiggins Graphic announces price increase »
05.08 Abbeyhine cuts outsourcing with Rollem Advantage finishing kit »
05.08 Flint Group announces price increases »
05.08 Rainbow Polar buy is UK first »
05.08 SCR Envelopes merges with Tower Supplies to create £10m-turnover business »
05.08 Shuttleworth targets Packtech for MIS launch »
05.08 Brown takes up MicroDot offer »
06.08 Who do you think is the most powerful person in print? »
06.08 AMS names new sales dept chief »
06.08 Suffolk bolsters output with Horizon kit spend »
06.08 Howard Hunt grows revenues in 'tough' year »
06.08 Gmund launches online paper finder for customers »
06.08 Dsicmm acquired by DST Systems as Noble switches roles »
06.08 Reader Reaction: Who do you think is the most powerful person in print? »
06.08 Presses stand idle after paper shortages bite at web houses »
07.08 Sihl unveils wet-strength poster paper for HP latex printers »
07.08 Pyramid produces 'surf's up' wrapped Spark for Chevrolet »
09.08 Pardy & Son take delivery of UK's first Ryobi 920 Series SRA1 press »
09.08 Richardson Printing opts for Hans-Gronhi for B3 specialist work »
09.08 Insolvency figures indicate UK recovery »
09.08 Digital print produces textured photos for the blind »
09.08 Revolution Signs invests in second Agfa Anapurna M2 »
09.08 Print-Leeds installs Truepress Jet1600UV-F printer to grow short-run share »
09.08 Durst opens Austrian R&D facility »
09.08 PressXchange.com appoints Litviak to push international business »
09.08 Archant Group returns to profit »
09.08 Boundary Capital to delist from stock exchanges »
09.08 Antalis McNaughton to reduce workforce following merger »
09.08 Redundancy deal delayed after Polestar and Unite fail to agree »
09.08 Manroland to sell Tensor single-width newspaper presses »
09.08 KnowledgePoint launches on-demand university prospectus service »
10.08 Fosco Hayes & Hurdley expands site and invests in HP Scitex FB7500 »
10.08 Overall lending to small companies in decline, BBA figures suggest »
10.08 APS Group finalises £500,000 investment in Edinburgh facility »
10.08 Archant's print centre saves £40,000 on annual energy bill »
10.08 Unite lodges employment claim against William Sessions purchasers »
11.08 Fujifilm relaunches customer mag »
11.08 Thames Print Room invests in low emission vans »
11.08 Report claims DM brings in a third of sales to retail sector »
11.08 Public and private sector submissions to government spending review top 100,000 »
11.08 Arjowiggins Graphic reports increase in demand for recycled papers »
11.08 Royal Mail launches campaign to boost direct mail presence »
11.08 Glamour magazine gets tailor-made treatment for eight UK regions »
11.08 BT&D moves to Win 2010 MIS »
11.08 Design 2 Print acquires majority share in local studio Designbanc »
11.08 Litho Supplies' unsecured creditors to get minimal return »
11.08 CMP (UK) buys Xerox Nuvera 288 to cope with short-run book demand »
11.08 IFS adds B1-format Komfi Sagitta to Aspira and Delta laminator ranges »
11.08 Heidelberg improves Q1 figures but remains on course for full-year net loss »
12.08 Dalim launches mobile approval app for Apple iPhone/iPad »
12.08 Schawk UK picks up pre-media prize »
12.08 Former Colourworld directors set up new print business »
12.08 De La Rue chief quits over 'serious' production problems »
12.08 PCL upgrades finishing with Morgana spend »
12.08 Emtone Print invests in Agfa Avalon N4 platesetter »
12.08 Schawk posts doubled profits for Q2 2010 »
13.08 Drug dealers used print company to supply £3.5m worth of cannabis »
13.08 Polestar redundancies reduced after Unite plan accepted »
13.08 Friedheim in UK Bograma launch »
13.08 Twitter »
13.08 Time to Train scheme may be reversed under coalition plans »
13.08 Duplo lauds best three months of sales in company's history »
13.08 Reader Reaction: Is it right that over-65s can no longer be forced to retire? »
13.08 Newsquest to close final salary pension scheme »
13.08 Southernprint press minder escapes serious injury after folder incident »
13.08 Labour's Time to Train scheme may be reversed under coalition plans »
13.08 KBA halves first half pre-tax loss following upswing in orders »
13.08 Stralfors installs System 5000 following booklet contract win »
13.08 Printers report slight improvement in the availability of finance »
16.08 New POS format opens opportunities for printers »
16.08 KCS Print appoints Leer as managing director »
16.08 Industrial Inkjet launches short-run label printer »
16.08 PPS Imaging buys second HP Scitex XP5300 »
16.08 BIS reveals sudden drop in Enterprise Finance Guarantee loans »
16.08 Phoenix Print Finishing closes its doors »
16.08 Healeys adds cartridge inking for first B2 press »
16.08 Industrial Inkjet launches short run label printer »
17.08 Inc Direct continues £10m turnover push following Gray appointment »
17.08 CSDM owed £1.4m when it called in administrators »
17.08 Melville invests £500,000 to bring beauty to shell-scheme graphics »
17.08 Swedish signage printer takes country's first Scitex LX800 »
17.08 TimeHarvest launches iPad MIS app »
17.08 Security printers in voucher sales boost »
17.08 IGS launches finance service for Elements range of wide-format printers »
18.08 Sky Arts commissions Rankin for street takeover outdoor work »
18.08 Future launches OzzFest mag to celebrate event's return to UK »
18.08 Biodiversity tool launched by Two Tomorrows and Biocensus »
18.08 Xaar plans 'substantial' investment in P3 capacity following strong first half »
18.08 Honda offers dealers customised magazine »
18.08 Don Valley Graphic Equipment brings Maxima and WM calendar machines to UK »
18.08 Ingede 'welcomes' DPDA research »
18.08 Print insolvencies down in July, figures show »
18.08 M-real increases coated and uncoated white-top kraftliner prices »
18.08 Printondemand-worldwide signs overseas partnerships »
18.08 Union drops claims against Sessions buyers »
18.08 PrintWeek offices closed »
19.08 Unite members secure 'above average' pay increases in 2010 »
19.08 Mondi bags top honours in WWF eco ratings »
19.08 JKN Digital installs UK's first HP Scitex LX800 »
19.08 EFI Fiery RIP integrated into Xerox iGen4 »
19.08 Friedheim launches Herzog and Heymann's M7 folding system in the UK »
19.08 Linx Printing Technologies invests £1m in ink manufacturing facility »
19.08 Workflowz adds LithoTechnics' Metrix 2010 to portfolio »
19.08 ECRM moves Euro HQ to Milton Keynes »
19.08 Baco Chemical Services appoints Martyn Elmy »
19.08 Friedheim brings Herzog and Heymann's M7 folding system to UK »
19.08 Merchants suffer £8.5m in bad debts during first half of year »
19.08 Fujifilm partners with Duplo »
20.08 PrintWeek offices now open »
20.08 Reader Reaction: Are lending conditions improving for the print industry? »
20.08 De La Rue silent as shares drop on surprise Hussey departure »
20.08 Print margins hit as fourth paper price rise in 12 months looms »
20.08 CFH appointed to Buying Solutions framework »
20.08 Rediset Business Forms closes its doors but staff start up new business »
20.08 Colourpoint brings longer runs in-house with StitchLiner buy »
20.08 Minprint first NI TH 56 owner »
23.08 Staudigl Druck invests in second TJ8350 for poster work »
23.08 Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills is now FSC certified »
23.08 Polestar awarded Telegraph Media Group contract extension »
23.08 Taurus invests in Heidelberg five-colour »
23.08 Scarbutts buys Xerox 700 »
23.08 The Envelope Works buys two Halm presses to meet rise in four-colour demand »
23.08 Magazine print revenues rise hints at recovery »
23.08 Roland DG aims to grow Irish presence with Sign and Digital appointment »
23.08 Transactis migrates to ADF environment with InfoPrint »
23.08 Technoprint hits out at union for legal action threat over Sessions purchase »
23.08 Formica fined after worker loses finger »
24.08 Renz backs PrintIT with school donation »
24.08 Fedrigoni UK launches four limited edition books »
24.08 Printers offered advice on environment at recycling open day »
24.08 IPC in talks to sell Loaded »
24.08 Morgana brings forward US launch date for Pro range »
24.08 Buhrs sold to investment companies »
24.08 Printers urged to attend Print for Business »
24.08 Drytac gains HP approval for liquid coatings »
24.08 Liquidation looms for Image Print Bristol »
24.08 KBA UK is first press manufacturer to join Two Sides »
24.08 Directors of CSDM took £200,000 in dividends from 2009 profits »
24.08 Repropoint hires branch manager Boosey »
25.08 Printwell buys first dual-loading Heidelberg Suprasetter CTP system in Scotland »
25.08 APP claims sustainability report is independently verified »
25.08 Transactis employs transpromo to win Avis Europe contract »
25.08 CPC Packaging staff sent home after bank pulls funding »
25.08 Arctic Paper to help establish water footprint standard »
25.08 Intelligent Finishing Systems launches BQ-160 in UK »
25.08 Cestrian Imaging installs UK's first HP Scitex TJ8550 printer »
25.08 Web printer Artisan slips to pre-tax loss in 2009 accounts »
26.08 Agfa first half-earnings rebound following 2009 cost-cutting exercise »
26.08 Agfa first half earnings rebound following 2009 cost-cutting exercise »
26.08 Wright Printing Services doubles capacity with Fujifilm CTP »
26.08 CPC Packaging UK makes 95 redundant as it is put into administration »
26.08 Single Source streamlines file control with a Stingray 63 purchase »
26.08 Communisis eyes growth following good first half »
26.08 ID Data Cards steps in to rush out 600,000 plastic cards »
26.08 The Flying Press is first in the UK to add DKT-200 trimmer »
26.08 Flint Group claims silver coatings can target bacteria »
26.08 Cardiff Printing Company appoints new managing director Williams »
27.08 Office2office unveils Banner Managed Communication brand on back of sales rise »
27.08 Roland and GMG focus on low-cost mock-ups »
27.08 English Heritage on hunt for printers for £500,000 spend »
27.08 M2 Digital targets growth following bumper 2009/2010 year »
27.08 English Heritage on hunt for book printers for £500,000 spend »
27.08 Lombard pulling out of stocking finance for the print industry »
31.08 Xeikon unveils wider enty-level label press »
31.08 Art Systems launches Chain of Custody scheme for resellers »
31.08 Xeikon unveils wider entry-level label press »
31.08 Denny Bros scoops label deal for honey jars »
31.08 John Brailsford goes waterless in a first for South Yorkshire »
31.08 New manager for Manroland warns against skimping on consumables »
31.08 'Biggest names in print' gather for Pira retreat »
31.08 Business boom drives CRP to invest in new KBA Rapida »
31.08 Noel-Baker School and Language College cuts outsourcing costs with Ricoh Pro C720s »
31.08 Sun Chemical's Charles Murray appointed as president of North American Inks »
31.08 Vario Press spends £200,000 on finishing kit »
31.08 Drytac unfurls bamboo banner fabric as a new eco-product »
31.08 Hampshire Flag Company promotes international rowing event with feather flags »
31.08 Color By purchases quartet of HP presses »