Final Celloglas Sites Sold To Best Cover UV
Adam Hooker, printweek.com, 09 February 2009 The ongoing saga of the former Celloglas facilities has come to an end with the final two sites being sold by the administrator. Leeds-based coatings expert Best Cover UV has bought the Manchester and Bristol facilities from MCR, saving 28 jobs. It brings an end to more than a month of uncertainty for the employees, after the company was initially put into administration on 5 January. Five of Celloglas’s sites, at Reading, Birmingham, Leicester and two in Leeds, were sold back to the...
read morePaper Price Rises To Continue in 2009
Helen Morris, printweek.com, 28 January 2009 UK paper prices are set to rise over 2009 despite an anticipated fall in consumption, according to a report by PPL Research, which blamed the weak pound for the anomaly. UK Preview 2009, which is the latest in PPL’s paper and board demand and forecast series, said that prices in the UK would rise in spite of a fall in paper usage both locally and globally. PPL Research managing director Lawrence Turk explained that although general price inflation looked “sure to fall”, the UK...
read moreAdministrators Close Three Celloglass Sites, 42 jobs to go
Adam Hooker, printweek.com, 23 January 2009 Administrators for failed finisher Celloglas have announced the closure of three facilities. Celloglas’s London (Acton), Birmingham and Gloucester sites have been closed by administrator MCR, with 42 employees being made redundant. The company went into administration on 5 January this year, before five sites were bought back by Celloglas directors in a pre-pack deal. MCR said it is still hopeful of finding a buyer or buyers for the remaining sites in Bristol, Sevenoaks, Manchester and...
read moreDsicmm Announces Takeover of East London Printer
Tim Sheahan, printweek.com, 21 January 2009 Dsicmm has boosted turnover to the £120m mark after continuing its aggressive acquisition strategy with the takeover of commercial printer Emeness. The deal for the Stratford, London-based B1 litho business was completed on 24 December and follows on from Dsicmm’s acquisitions of K2 Group and Dataforce last year. Yolanda Noble, chief executive of Dsicmm, said the company’s goal to become “the top print and communications company in the country” had now passed “another...
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