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EFI appoints new chief financial and operating officers
EFI has appointed a new chief financial officer and promoted senior vice-president and general manager of productivity software, Marc Olin, to chief operating officer.

Paperlinx takes next step in decentralising sales
Paperlinx has appointed three new regional general managers, including two from outside the industry, following its decision last autumn to decentralise its sales operations.

Benson Gateshead makes £3.6m Heidelberg investment
Benson Group’s North East flagship site has made its biggest ever press spend on an eight-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster XL106 B1 perfector.

Overmatter: Avoid Overmatter
Oh dear. Overmatter is beginning to feel jinxed. Or rather, like a jinx when it comes to encounters with Pensord boss Darren Coxon.

Encore Envelopes acquires Tompla UK for an undisclosed sum
UK envelope manufacturer Encore Envelopes has acquired the UK production division of Spain-based envelope giant Tompla Envelopes in a deal that will add more than one billion envelopes to its annual...

Winners of 2013 bookbinding competition named
The winners of the Designer Bookbinders’ Bookbinding Competition 2013 have been announced at a ceremony at the St Bride Foundation, London.

1st Byte launches Sensory Printing service
London-based digital printer 1st Byte is to launch a 'Sensory Printing' offering following the installation of a new Scodix S75.

Polestar's Andreou: new webs are not an illusion
Polestar chief operating officer Peter Andreou has been in the States this week to review progress on the construction of the first tranche of its new web presses from Goss International.

Jadan Press invests in second Polar guillotine
Hull-based B2 printer Jadan Press has bought its second Polar guillotine in just over two years, as a replacement for a 10-year-old Wohlenberg machine.

Creditors owed almost £6m following Colourhouse collapse
Creditors of The Colourhouse were owed £5.8m, including £3.3m to trade creditors and £1m to employees, at the time of the Deptford-based printer's collapse, according to details published in the...

Prospect's unsecured creditors owed £1.4m
HMRC was the biggest unsecured creditor of Prospect Mailing Services, which went into administration in November.

Durst names new CEO of Austrian unit after tragic death of Klaus Schneider
Durst Phototechnik has appointed Barbara Schulz as chief executive officer of its Austrian subsidiary, Durst Digital Technology, following the tragic death of Klaus Schneider in March last year.

Honours for Auton and Carter
Two individuals whose organisations have generated a great deal of print were among the 1,195 people recognised in the New Year's Honours List.

Face Creative Services makes twin Canon iPF purchase
North London-based Face Creative Services has become the first company to buy Canon wide-format printing equipment from M Partners Wide, after purchasing two 12-colour Canon imagePrografs.

HP WallArt suite to remain free following one-year trial
HP will continue to offer its cloud-based digital wallcovering design and production tool, HP WallArt, as a free service to users of its HP Latex printers following the completion of a one-year trial.