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Kodak is banking on its Stream inkjet and SquareSpot imaging technologies to create profitable revenue streams after the company emerges from Chapter 11.

Trade finisher First 4 Print Finishing has launched a new direct mail division, on the back of a 150,000 investment, to diversify into new markets and future-proof the business.

OKI is to lose around 175 people from its factory in Scotland after Japanese parent firm OKI Electric announced the global restructure of its printer division.

Breckland Print has moved to chemistry-free plates to align the business with its clients such as Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth.

Autobond has used video technology to boost its global sales with success so far in the US, Russia, Africa and, most recently, South America.

Hickling & Squires has opened a new wide-format suite to make room for two new printers to boost its banners, posters and point-of-sale material.

Printfine has placed an order with Heidelberg for a Polar 78N Plus guillotine as part of a 120,000 upgrade of the company's digital finishing operation.

Litho printer Park Lane Press has won an environmental award for using green measures inside and outside its base including waterless kit and rainwater harvesting.

Eastman Kodak has announced its intention to sell two of its businesses to its own UK pension fund to help move towards an exit from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Business organisations have given evidence at a parliamentary inquiry into the practice of late payment and its impact on UK SMEs.

The UK has narrowly avoided a triple-dip recession in Q1 2013 as gross domestic product grew by 0.3% compared to Q4 2012.

Durst has continued to strengthen its UK sales presence with the appointment of a northern sales manager in Richard Bates.

One of the last major print production roles in UK magazine publishing is no more.