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IPC launches Marie Claire Runway

- IPC is launching Runway - a biannual fashion companion to its Marie Claire magazine.

Heidelberg schedules Print Buyer University course

- Heidelberg is to run its 2012 Print Buyer University course from 16 to 20 July.

Ikea's Farkas joins GMG to head up marketing

- GMG has appointed Michael Farkas as marketing director after nearly a decade masterminding the production workflow behind the Ikea catalogue.

Spectrum goes digital with Ricoh and pre-orders Heidelberg's latest MIS ahead of Drupa launch

- Leicester-based Spectrum printing has overhauled its prepress and workflow as well as introduced digital printing with a Ricoh Pro C 751 Graphic Arts Edition.

Richardson Printing buys Komori Lithrone

- Lowestoft-based Richardson Printing has replaced its eight-year-old Komori Lithrone 528 with the latest five-colour Lithrone S-series 529.

Kodak employee launches class action suit against board

- Eastman Kodak employee Mark Gedek has filed suit against the company's chief executive Antonio Perez and other board members, alleging mismanagement of the company's staff investment and savings plan.

Berkshire Labels produces Waitrose cheese labels

- Berkshire Labels has produced more than half a million labels for Waitrose' Top Tier range of cheeses.

BAF adds colour to BBC's new Salford site

- London-based BAF Graphics has completed the main part of a massive project to decorate the BBC's MediaCityUK complex at Salford Quays.

ESP Colour claims worldwide Speedmaster productivity record

- Swindon-based ESP Colour achieved record productivity on its Heidelberg XL machines in the run up to Christmas last year.

EFI enters digital ceramic printing market with Cretaprint acquisition

- EFI has announced it has closed a $31m (£20.25m) cash deal to acquire ceramic printing system maker Cretaprint.

River wins McCarthy & Stone's Life & Living magazine work

- Customer publisher River has said it has won the work to produce McCarthy & Stone's Life & Living magazine.

Quark adds ePub and iPad upgrades with QuarkXPress 9.2 update

- Quark has announced version 9.2 of its XPress publishing software - a free upgrade that adds a range of multimedia and interactive elements for creating ebooks, as well as enhancements to producing iPad applications.

Paperlinx reveals PE takeover bid as losses continue

- Paperlinx has said it has received a private equity takeover bid as it anticipates a pre-tax loss of AUD26m (£17m) for the first six months of its 2011/12 fiscal year.

Printing.com to push white label web-to-print service

- Printing.com has brought forward its plans to offer a white label version of its franchise services, putting its proprietary web-to-print platform at the heart of the company's strategy.

Service Graphics wins National Grid event work

- St Ives' Service Graphics division has won a contract worth up to £1m per year to produce event graphics for the National Grid.

Reiss hands Reflections work to Service Graphics

- Clothing retailer Reiss appointed St Ives' Service Graphics division to produce and install window display units across its 49 UK stores as well as for its US and Russian outlets.

Cambridge scientists test graphene ink

- Researchers at the University of Cambridge are using inkjet technologies to test a new graphene-based ink - dubbed the "miracle material" of this century.

HP builds cloud services with Hiflex acquisition

- HP has bolstered its MIS and web-to-print offering, buying up Aachen, Germany-based Hiflex.

Shiraz rebuilds RIP suite with multi-threading for version 8

- Shiraz software has announced a major upgrade of its RIP products targetting commercial, wide format and photographic printers.

Vistaprint launches Facebook calendar service

- Creative agency Socially Bright has designed a Facebook app for Vistaprint which enables users to easily create a printed calendar, complete with photos and reminders of important dates.