ICSM Print Industry News: more print firms close as the economy suffers with the strange case of one print company failing to find a buyer despite a full order book
By Harry Mottram: ICSM has listed more print industry firms going to wall while in the trade journal Print Week Jo Francis has reported on the continued fall out from the collapse of the Manchester Printers Group. Only last summer Deanprint founded in 1890 and an apparently profitable firm was acquired by the Manchester Printers Group only to see the group hit the buffers this year. Deanprint was put up for sale but despite a full order book nobody has come forward to buy it.
As one of the comments of the Print Week’s website said: “Maybe the supposed downturn in the industry that closed Deanprint with a full order book was more likely a downturn in ownership?”
Jo Francis reported: “Earlier this month, a Notice of Intention to Appoint Administrators (NOI) was filed for Deanprint, which protected the business from action by creditors during the process. However, despite employees being told of 22 potential expressions of interest in the company, Printweek understands that none materialised in a conclusive deal. Yesterday (24 April), Deanprint employees were told the bad news, with the company shuttered and all staff made redundant. A few people remain on site to finish off work in progress.”
Ian Carrotte of ICSM said it was a tragedy that a firm that was a going concern just months previously had been placed in such a position. He said: “ICSM understands that previously Deanprint’s former owners had sold their previous site in Cheadle to a supermarket for redevelopment. The firm were relocated to the present address a short distance away in the Lawnhurst Trading Estate.”
Recent casualties in the printing and allied trades sector include:
ADMINISTRATORS APPOINTED
BLUEFISH OFFICE PRODUCTS LIMITED 03964231
THE IRONGATE GROUP LIMITED 02566762
JOHN BROWN (PRINTERS) LIMITED 02055266
RAM PRINT LIMITED 01311055
ADMINISTRATION CREDITORS MEETING
STAMFORD PAPER COMPANY LIMITED 03203890
COMPULSORY LIQUIDATOR APPOINTED
WOMEN OF THE CITY LIMITED 11714546
CREDITORS’ VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION DEEMED IN CONSENT MEETINGS
ATLAS TRANSFER PRINTERS LIMITED 02838309
SIGNATURE PRINTING LIMITED 08601950
FRANKLIN SIGN INSTALLATIONS LTD 08174873
HERITAGE PRINT SERVICES LIMITED 04677948
LINK PRINT GROUP LTD 10565953
NOT JUST STATIONERY LIMITED 10147598
PARKER & SON (PRINTERS) LIMITED 01231774
RTW PRINTERS LIMITED 11835532
LIQUIDATORS APPOINTED
A J ENGRAVERS LTD 04818672
ALL SIGN SOLUTIONS LIMITED 04675840
NATIONWIDE FRAME SERVICES (NORTH WEST) LTD 03784819
BENCHMARK PRINT & EMBROIDERY LIMITED 11244745
BUSINESS PRINT (UK) LIMITED 10610610
CMYK LIMITED 08075173
J.B. PRINT FINISHING LIMITED 04626775
PRIORY GRAPHICS LIMITED 09392042
STEPHEN'S PRINT SOLUTIONS LIMITED 07733955
REDDOOR PRESS LIMITED 12025216
RTW PRINTERS LIMITED 11835532
TSM COPIERS LIMITED 03483343
MEMBERS VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATIONS
AGFA GRAPHICS LIMITED 05991659
AGFA-GEVAERT LIMITED 00103198
BRAIN BOX PUBLISHING LIMITED 02830293
JIGSAW COLOUR LIMITED 03462733
MANAGED PRINT & DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS LTD 08153216
RIDGWELL PRESS LIMITED 03089024
INK DISPENSING LIMITED 06449216
ROBERT YOUNGPRINT LIMITED 01768892
PETITION DISMISSED
TRP MAGAZINES LIMITED 02728298
PETITIONS TO WIND UP
INNOVA PRESS LIMITED 10883456
PAYROLL BUREAU DRL LTD 10877556
SPLATT PRINT LIMITED 05882721
THE GREAT ANNUAL SAVINGS COMPANY LTD 08086347
TSM COPIERS LIMITED 03483343
WINDING UP ORDERS
SPLATT PRINT LIMITED 05882721
SOUTHERN PAPER RECYCLING LIMITED 08307898
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