Industrial printer manufacturer Linx Printing Technologies, which operates at the heart of the Cambridge UK inkjet cluster, is proposing to invest more than £6m in a purpose-built headquarters in St Ives.

Cambridge inkjet company Xaar is getting tough with rebel Chinese staff who went on strike and resigned en masse – but have now gone back to work.

Anglo ERI Limited, a Cambridgeshire manufacturer of shop display equipment and fittings, has gone into administration with Grant Thornton UK LLP appointed as joint administrators.

The £28 million turnover firm based in St Neots is part of the Estrella Group and counts Arcadia, GAP and Next amongst its customers. Appointments have also been made over Estrella Group Limited, ERI Limited, Radius Interiors Limited, CDM Shopfitting Limited and CDM Displays Limited.

Anglo ERI Limited, which employs 120 permanent staff and uses significant contract labour, has suffered as a result of challenging market conditions affecting the group.

The joint administrators are evaluating Anglo ERI Limited’s financial position and are in discussion with customers to seek to fulfil orders to enable to the company to continue trading.

Ian Carr, partner at Grant Thornton’s Cambridge office who is handling the administration with fellow partner David Dunckley, said: “We are seeking the support of customers, suppliers and employees to enable trading to continue while a potential buyer is sought. However, this is obviously a worrying time for all those involved with the business, especially the employees.”

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Cambridge investors have helped tee up global expansion opportunities for a company whose industrial inspection instruments carry an environmental payback.

Cambridge inkjet technology company Xaar plc has insisted there is no China crisis despite all the staff at its representative office there quitting after complaining of unfair treatment.

Cambridge inkjet printing technology group, Xaar, expects to announce revenue of around £69 million for 2011 – up more than 25 per cent on 2010 (£54.7m).

Marshall Land Systems (MLS) and Tectonica Australia Pty Ltd (Tectonica) have signed a partnership agreement to offer protected workspace solutions for the defence sector in Australia and the Asia Pacific region.

The French electronics manufacturing services company Asteelflash, which has operations in Bedford, has acquired American EMS company, Catalyst Manufacturing Services Inc – based on the East Coast of the US and in Mexico.

LifTow, a leading supplier of electric aircraft tugs, has been acquired by Marshall Land Systems, part of the Cambridge UK based Marshall Group. No figures have been released for the deal.

UK manufacturers reported a further slight weakening in total order books in December 2011 while export orders remained well below their long-run average, the CBI says.

A new Foresight project investigating the future of manufacturing out to 2050 has been launched by Business Secretary Vince Cable. The two-year project will call on industry and academic expertise from the UK and abroad to look at the long-term picture for the manufacturing sector, investigating global trends and drivers of change.

Domino Printing Sciences is pushing ahead with expansion of its Cambridge UK headquarters despite a difficult macro-economic backdrop after posting record profits despite the global gloom.

Almost 10 per cent was wiped off the share price of UK flavour and fragrances firm Treatt plc after the mildest of profits warnings.

Fairtrade tea manufacturer Clipper Tea has installed four more printers from the St Ives, Cambridgeshire-based coding and marking specialist Linx Printing Technologies.

bf1systems, a Norfolk engineering firm developing advanced electronics for the motorsport and aerospace industry, says that its dual gain intelligent amplifier is undergoing testing in the F1 young driver test at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina race circuit.

Cambridge precious metals business Johnson Matthey defied the macro-economic gloom with stunning revenue and profit growth in the first half to September 30.