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Unite slams £16m Olympic ticket printing contract award to US firm

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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.

HIG rings management changes at Bezier

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Bezier has appointed a new chief executive and group finance director after its private equity owner, HIG Europe, decided to ring the changes at the Wakefield-headquartered business.

Buyer sought after Nayler Group falls into administration

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A buyer is being sought for family-owned printing firm Nayler Group after it went into administration in January.

England's Phil Dowson juggles challenges of print and international rugby

England rugby international Phil Dowson, who is also a director of inkjet consumables business 678 Media, has declared the print sector the more challenging vocation following his first cap for the national side.

Pelican Print targets expansion following Heidelberg Speedmaster investment

Pelican Print has cut makereadies by a fifth and is targeting a 30% increase in sales after taken delivery of its new press, a Heidelberg Speedmaster SM74.

Bridgeshire Packaging installs world's first HP FB7600 flatbed

Bridgeshire Packaging has undertaken a digital print expansion programme that includes the world's first HP Scitex FB7600 flatbed printer.



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Fuji Jet Press nears commercialisation

Fuji Jet Press nears commercialisation

08 February 2012

Fujifilm'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

Taylor Bloxham returns to profit

08 February 2012

Taylor 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

Agfa to give show debut to M2540 FB flatbed at Fespa Digital 2012

08 February 2012

Agfa 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

H&H Reeds Printers upgrades finishing department with Heidelberg spend

08 February 2012

H&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

For the record: printing your art on your sleeve

03 February 2012

A 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

Print managers face up to the cross-media challenge

03 February 2012

And 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

How to navigate the difficult route to career relocation

27 January 2012

If 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

What you need to know to make the most of your IT

27 January 2012

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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Star product: Optimus Cloud A modular web-to-print tool designed to take the hassle from print buying

Me and my... Kern 2600 inserter Many customer-manufacturer relationships have been sealed over a brisk 18 holes on the golf course, but few partnerships then decide to make the fairways and putting greens a permanent, annual feature. The Coventry Building Society and mailing and pa...

Star product: Korsnas Artisan This cartonboard is aimed at the luxury end of the packaging market

Me and my... Roland DG VersaUV LEJ-640 When Dan Smith's father started Smith Signs on the island of Guernsey in 1970, it was a relatively small operation.

Me & my... Petratto Metro With finance houses refusing to budge on credit, many companies are finding big spends impossible. However, that is good news for manufacturers of kit at the less expensive end of the capital investment scale. For example, printers are looking at the...

Star Product: HP Scitex FB7600 flatbed printer The latest version of this popular series adds a number of refinements


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