Heidelberg downgrades sales target as losses continue
Heidelberg has had to revise its medium-term sales target after publishing year-on-year drops in turnover, incoming orders and order backlog in its third quarter results yesterday (8 February).
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Unite and CPI agree 3% pay increase
09 February 2012Unite and the Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) have agreed an across the board salary increase in this year's national pay agreement.
Printers "are failing to verify customers" says ICSM
09 February 2012Printers are failing to properly verify their customers to ensure they are financially sound, according to credit checking specialist ICSM.
Grazia to celebrate London Fashion Week with collector's edition
09 February 2012Grazia is to roll-out its biggest-ever spring collector's issue to celebrate London Fashion Week later his month.
SMEs "key to sector's fortunes" says BPIF Labels chairman
09 February 2012Small to medium sized companies that are owner-managed will be key to the resurgence of the print sector, according to BPIF Labels chairman John Bambery.
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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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Star Product: HP Scitex FB7600 flatbed printer The latest version of this popular series adds a number of refinements
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