Printweek Daily Bulletin: Tempus buys Allander assets; Ricoh and Vpress team up; Emmerson streamlines finishing; and more...

[View in web browser]( [View text-only version]( [Add to safe senders list]( [PrintWeek]( Monday 21 December 2020 [Daily news bulletin] [Sponsored by Fujifilm] [Today's top stories] [Allander Print in administration; Tempus IME acquires assets]( [Allander Print in administration; Tempus IME acquires assets]( Commercial printer Allander Print has fallen into administration, with the loss of 40 jobs, and its intellectual property and goodwill assets have been purchased by print management and software specialist Tempus IME as part of a wider company expansion that includes more acquisitions. [Ricoh and Vpress team on W2P]( [Ricoh and Vpress team on W2P]( Ricoh has added to its range of web-to-print offerings with a new partnership with Vpress. [Emmerson Press streamlines with Horizon spend]( [Emmerson Press streamlines with Horizon spend]( Emmerson Press has invested in a Horizon CRF-362 creaser folder to streamline its digital print production and support increased flexibility. [Komori expands continental parts facility]( Komori is upping its European service and parts setup with a new warehouse on the continent. [60 seconds with... Balcony Shirts]( Balcony Shirts is a printwear shop in West London. Partner Scott Raison explains the back story: “From humble beginnings printing t-shirts in our bedrooms and selling them on eBay, we soon graduated to a Portacabin, which was situated in a truck garage car park. We then moved to a unit on Uxbridge industrial estate, before ending up in our home of the last 10 years, our shop in Uxbridge.” [Yesterday's most read] [Bakergoodchild continues growth strategy with £2m-plus spend]( [BPIF appoints Ian Wilton as new president]( [Cooper takes wraps off new venture]( [Blogs] [Printer's devil: it's in the detail]( Contributing editor Jo Francis muses on the latest goings on in the print industry. [In this issue] [The October and November 2020 issue of Printweek is out now. Our 'power of print issue’ is crammed with thought-provoking insights, business critical info and all the latest news and views from the UK print industry...]( [Forward to a friend](mailto:?subject=Print%20industry%20news%20...&body=I%20thought%20you%20might%20be%20interested%20in%20this%20newsletter%20from%20PrintWeek:%20%20 [Got some news? Email the PrintWeek newsdesk here](mailto:printweek.newsdesk@markallengroup.com) [PrintWeek jobs] [Perfect Binder Operator]( [Sales Manager]( [Operations Director- Board Position]( [ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE ENGINEER]( [Machine Operatives for Binding]( [More jobs]( [Knowledge Bank] [Secondhand in big demand]( [Secondhand in big demand]( Since the last recession secondhand equipment has become a popular option for many printers. Buying secondhand minimises investment risks and enables printers to buy kit at a price that might otherwise have been outside their financial reach. [Claw back what’s rightfully yours]( [Claw back what’s rightfully yours]( We’re in trying times and firms looking to drag in what they’re owed are struggling. If getting paid in normal times was tricky print is now having to up its game just to stand still. [Being the boss in unprecedented times, part 2]( [Being the boss in unprecedented times, part 2]( Part two of our special feature asking industry MDs and CEOs to share their experiences of being a business leader in unprecedented times and their strategies for handling the Covid crisis, both professionally and personally. [Foul play]( [Foul play]( The tales of espionage conjured up by John le Carré are without doubt fiction based on fact. But in the real world, businesses and their owners have been seeking to gain the upper hand over rivals for eons. It’s just that modern technology has made the process so much simpler. [Product portfolio] [Me & my: Agfa Anapurna H2500i LED]( In a normal year Southend-based Solopress would be churning out between 2,000 to 3,000 orders per day, depending on seasonality. These orders could be anything from 100,000 leaflets, a single roller banner or 100 business cards. [Star product: Canon Arizona 2300]( Incorporating Canon’s innovative Flow vacuum bed technology, the two models in this new range are targeted at users with high productivity needs plus a requirement to run a wide range of media. [Star product: Sitma 1150-FP Fast Pack]( A flexible and fast e-commerce and direct mail wrapper. © MA Business Limited 2020. [Contact Us]( [Advertising]( [Subscribe]( If you wish to unsubscribe from Printweek Daily News emails, please click [here](. To understand how we process, use & safeguard your data, please read our [Privacy Policy](. If you would like to update your marketing contact preferences, then please [click here](.