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Brochure con crooks jailed
A print boss and his business partner convicted of overseeing the production of brochures which formed an integral part of a boiler room fraud have been jailed for 40 months each.

Interflex Group sweeps up at the EFIA awards
Film and label packaging company Interflex Group won two golds and a further five awards at the European Flexographic Industry Association (EFIA) Print Awards 2016.

Question mark over Polestar gravure client
Polestar appears to have lost its second multimillion-pound contract in the space of a week.

Print On Solutions winding up petition filed
A creditor has filed a winding up petition against envelope and bag overprinter Print On Solutions, trading as Print On, as the directors create a new company.

Polestar loses Immediate Media titles
Polestar has lost major publishing client Immediate Media to arch-rival Wyndeham Group as a result of its recent pre-pack.

Print is winner in £9m EU Referendum leaflet row
At least one direct marketing printer is celebrating printing 27 million EU Referendum information leaflets as the government comes under fire for spending public money on pro-EU marketing.

Bartham Group aims for £2m turnover following Ryobi buy
Bartham Group hopes to increase its turnover to close to £2m after adding a Ryobi 755G(B) LED UV press to its kit list.

Thirlby leaves Pureprint for new challenge
Pureprint and Anthony Thirlby have parted company in what has been described as an amicable split.

Pyramid Press invests £1m in Speedmaster upgrade
Pyramid Press is homing in on higher productivity after ordering a Heidelberg Speedmaster press to nudge it further into the realms of B2 work.

Macfarlane Group acquires North East packaging firm
Macfarlane Group has continued its growth strategy with the acquisition of Colton Packaging Teesside.

DS Smith returns to UK for latest acquisition
DS Smith has returned to the UK for its latest takeover, a producer of specialist corrugated and retail-ready packaging in north west England.

Killer app: Studio One teaches lesson for school hoarding
Northamptonshire County Council has enlisted the help of local wide-format printer Studio One to supply hoarding boards to dress the perimeter fence surrounding the town’s old post office site.

Overmatter: End paper
The Independent bowed out of print in distinctive style last month, when the newspaper published its last print edition on Saturday 26 March.

Murrays seeks more high-end work following Kluge buy
Milton Keynes-based Murrays the Printers is looking to take on more high-end luxury print jobs after installing a Kluge EHG foil-stamping, embossing and die-cutting press.

Tharstern hires experienced industry figure as pre-sales consultant
Tharstern has appointed an experienced industry figure to help customers smooth out integration issues with multiple systems and roll out new products.