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MBA kicks off £3m equipment spend

MBA kicks off £3m equipment spend

25 May 2012

MBA Group has bought two Pitney Bowes APS inserters and an FX10 encloser to kick off an investment programme that is expected to top £3m over the next nine months.

 
 
Sangorski & Sutcliffe modernise Coronation Bible for Diamond Jubilee

Sangorski & Sutcliffe modernise Coronation Bible for Diamond Jubilee

25 May 2012

Bookbinder Sangorski & Sutcliffe is producing the commemorative Diamond Jubilee Bible 60 years after creating the Coronation Bible on which Elizabeth II swore her oath as queen.

 
 
Pre-pack proposals receive muted response from print

Pre-pack proposals receive muted response from print

25 May 2012

An online fact-sheet and new requirements for trade bodies to educate members on insolvency are among non-legislative changes being considered by the government, following a roundtable discussion on the issue of pre-packs.

 
 
API Foils Europe hits out at Unite over Livingston strike

API Foils Europe hits out at Unite over Livingston strike

25 May 2012

Packaging specialist API Foils Europe has hit out at Unite's failure to negotiate with it, as employees at Livingston carry out strike action.

 
 
Grow the profit by sharing the costs

Grow the profit by sharing the costs

25 May 2012

While some printers can make those figures add up to profit, many are increasingly adopting an alternative route to the consumer market that some have dubbed B2B2C. In this arrangement, the printer partners with a consumer-facing retail company to sh...

 
 
API Foils employees to strike over enforced T&C changes

API Foils employees to strike over enforced T&C changes

24 May 2012

Workers at packaging specialist API Foils' Livingston plant will go on strike at midnight tonight over alleged continual mistreatment by the company.

 
 
Royal Mail to introduce 'Delivered by Royal Mail' stamp to letters and packages

Royal Mail to introduce 'Delivered by Royal Mail' stamp to letters and packages

24 May 2012

Royal Mail will apply the postage mark to its letters and packages in a bid to differentiate its service offering from burgeoning competition in the market.

 
 
Unite wins tribunal with print companies

Unite wins tribunal with print companies

24 May 2012

Unite has won a failure to consult an unfair dismissal claim for members that worked at a number of companies owned by former print owner Phillip Moore.

 
 
Hybrid Software's Order Lifecycle Management package a hit at Drupa

Hybrid Software's Order Lifecycle Management package a hit at Drupa

24 May 2012

Hybrid Software, formerly Hybrid Integration, has said it enjoyed "astounding success" at Drupa after giving 580 demonstrations of its Order Lifecycle Management (OLM) software.

 
 
Accura partners The Oldham Group to grow US MIS base

Accura partners The Oldham Group to grow US MIS base

24 May 2012

MIS supplier Accura has appointed The Oldham Group as its exclusive partner to cover North America's mid-eastern states.

 
 

PODi unveils working group to capitalise on cloud technology applications

24 May 2012

PODi has unveiled a new strategy working group that aims to help define how the advent of cloud computing technology will be used in the print production process.

 
 
International Paper releases sustainability report

International Paper releases sustainability report

23 May 2012

International Paper has set itself a number of goals to be achieved by 2020 in its 2011 sustainability report.

 
 
Optimus and Pitney Bowes workflow partnership targets transactional printers

Optimus and Pitney Bowes workflow partnership targets transactional printers

23 May 2012

Optimus has partnered with Pitney Bowes on an automated workflow solution for transactional printers, combining complementary features from the respective Optimus Dash and DFWorks MIS.

 
 
CRP Print & Packaging invests in Kongsberg XP24

CRP Print & Packaging invests in Kongsberg XP24

23 May 2012

Speciality products group CRP Print & Packaging has invested in a Kongsberg XP24 digital production table to add a new dimension to its production capabilities.

 
 
API Holographics bolsters portfolio with vehicle foil security product

API Holographics bolsters portfolio with vehicle foil security product

23 May 2012

Security print specialist API Holographics has bolstered its portfolio of solutions with the launch of its enhanced chrome-based hot stamping security foil for use on vehicle number plates.

 
 
Envelope companies in row over domain names

Envelope companies in row over domain names

23 May 2012

Two envelope converters have become embroiled in a dispute over internet domain names.

 
 
Beecroft welcomed by UK Print but government support dwindles

Beecroft welcomed by UK Print but government support dwindles

23 May 2012

Venture capitalist Adrian Beecroft's controversial Downing Street report on employment law, belatedly published this week, has been welcomed by the print industry.

 
 
Anton Group continues spending spree with Stitchmaster buy

Anton Group continues spending spree with Stitchmaster buy

23 May 2012

Anton Group has continued its 2012 spending spree, adding a Stitchmaster ST 450 from Heidelberg.

 
 
HP confirms it will cut 27,000 jobs by 2014

HP confirms it will cut 27,000 jobs by 2014

23 May 2012

HP has confirmed that it will shed 27,000 jobs worldwide by the end of its 2014 financial year in a bid to save $3.5bn (£2.2bn).

 
 
Ocean Outdoor bought for £35m

Ocean Outdoor bought for £35m

22 May 2012

Advertising company Ocean Outdoor has been sold by initial investors Smedvig Capital to mid-market private equity house LDC for £35m.

 
 

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