Buhrs UK goes into administration

Buhrs UK has been put into administration and all of its 11 employees have been laid off, according to reports, in the latest blow to the UK printing industry.

The print finishing equipment maker saw its UK arm go out of business following a review by insolvency experts Martha Thompson and Joanne Marie Wright from BDO.

The BDO specialists were appointed to Buhrs on September 14 this year.

The decision has come after the company went into administration in Germany and the Netherlands in June. It was then acquired by Value 8 and Solo Capital two months later.

The founder and chief executive of Value 8, Peter Paul De Vries, said that Burhs UK was impossible to sustain any further.

He said: "All spare part and services enquiries should be directed to Buhrs Netherlands at the moment. We are in a number of discussions to find a UK agent. Kern will deal with some distribution enquiries, but we are also in discussions over finding a UK distributor."

Kern, which was to be responsible for the Buhrs distributing in the UK in May, said it would be "keeping an eye on the situation" following the main company going into administration. However, it did not make any comment on the situation.

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