Unite slams £16m Olympic ticket printing contract award to US firm
Unite has slammed the decision to award the £16m ticket printing contract for the London 2012 Olympics to a US-based firm, Weldon, Williams & Lick of Fort Smith, Arkansas.
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Fuji Jet Press nears commercialisation
08 February 2012Fujifilm's Jet Press 720 is close to passing the final quality gate that will allow commercial shipments of the B2 inkjet press to begin.
Taylor Bloxham returns to profit
08 February 2012Taylor Bloxham has returned to profit after two years in the red thanks to its restructuring process.
Agfa to give show debut to M2540 FB flatbed at Fespa Digital 2012
08 February 2012Agfa will give its entry-level flatbed, the M2540 FB, a international exhibition debut when it showcases at this month's Fespa Digital 2012 exhibition.
H&H Reeds Printers upgrades finishing department with Heidelberg spend
08 February 2012H&H Reeds Printers has made a "significant" investment into its finishing department after ordering a new Heidelberg Stahlfolder TH 56 and the manufacturer's Prinect Postpress workflow.
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For the record: printing your art on your sleeve
03 February 2012A few years back, notions like RPM, the B-side and the 12-inch would have got a blank response, at best a snigger, from anyone below the age of 25. In 2012, though, to the astonishment of many in the 'older generation', the youth have become rather f...
Print managers face up to the cross-media challenge
03 February 2012And the winner of PrintWeek's Most Popular Sector Award is... print management!" Okay, so this isn't the most likely of scenarios. But there's no denying that print managers have, over the past few years, made progress in convincing printers of thei...
How to navigate the difficult route to career relocation
27 January 2012If George Thompson, joint managing director at recruitment company Harrison Scott, is right, then the first thing any print worker looking for employment needs to do is buy a map. And not a little, local A-Z map, either: they need a big, UK-wide, eve...
What you need to know to make the most of your IT
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Once upon a time, the first thing a printer would show a prospective new client was the press. This, after all, was the company's beating heart, its moneymaker - this was where the magic happened. These days, however, the average print business is ju...
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