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Xerox turns Drupa leads into sales
Following Drupa 2012, Xerox Global Graphic Communications president Jeff Jacobson has said that the company has started turning leads generated at the show into sales despite the tight economic...
Killer app: Howitt elected for London Mayor campaign job
Howitt, a subsidiary of Innovative Output Solutions, was recently awarded a contract to supply booklets to Londoners in the run-up to the London Mayor elections (3 May).
Typecraft merges with Marketplace Direct
Pittsburgh-based printers, TCP Printing (Typecraft) and Marketplace Direct are to merge as the consolidation wave in the US commercial printing industry moves beyond smaller family-owned firms looking...
Jeppesen migrates aviation chart printing to digital with HP T300
Englewood, COL-based Jeppesen, which makes charts, data and operational tools for the aviation industry, announced the installation of HP T300 Color Inkjet Web press as it transitions its oversize...
RR Donnelley to close Danbury plant
Leading US commercial printer RR Donnelley will close its printing plant in Danbury, CT and lay off 153 workers as it continues to streamline its print capacity.
Whittenburg finds niche in letterpress revival
Springfield, Tennessee-based Whittenburg Inc. is making a growing and lucrative business out of retrofitting older Heidelberg letterpresses to handle die-cutting.
Vocal opposition likely to scupper most of Beecroft's ideas
The report on employment law produced by venture capitalist Adrian Beecroft for the government last week has polarised opinion and, due to the ensuing furore, its proposals are unlikely to be adopted...
CPI blasts governmental red tape on corrugated sector
CPI director general David Workman is calling for a five-year moratorium on government regulations across the paper industry.
Pre-pack proposals receive muted response from print
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...
1st Byte places order for B2 Landa and HP Indigo 7600
London-based 1st Byte has signed up for a B2 Landa digital press 12 years after ordering the then-Indigo equivalent.