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Pankaboard upgrades PankaBrite and PankaWhite boards
Pankaboard has upgraded its PankaBrite and PankaWhite cartonboards following an investment of 'several hundred thousand euros'.

Stora Enso's Tambrite tops Euro converters' survey
Stora Enso's Tambrite has topped a survey of European converters and brand owners following improvements to its cross directional stiffness and appearance.
Print industry news roundup: BCC, Quark, DST, Premier Paper, Printing Charity, Communisis
Stay up to date with your procurement supply chain thanks to print industry news at your fingertips. This week: Declining trust in banks; Quark launches new enterprise publishing plartform; DST orders...

Quark launches publishing platform for customer communication
The software giant has unveiled Quark Publishing Platform for businesses to deliver published communication online, in print and on mobile devices.

FT Solutions cuts outsourcing to fuel growth
Print services firm FT Solutions Group has invested in its second Canon imagePress in less than a year as it looks to bring outsourced work in house.

UK lending shrinks in first month of Funding for Lending
Lending to UK businesses fell 2.2bn in August despite it being the first full month of the government's latest SME finance scheme, Funding for Lending.

Minimum wage hike gets mixed reaction
The minimum wage rise implemented this week for UK workers aged over 21 has received mixed reaction from the printing industry.

Kama launches website to match customers to machines
Die cutter and folder-gluer manufacturer Kama has included its first "machine finder" tool on its revamped website it claims.

Workflowz launches Australian base with Chili Publish
The UK pre-media software distributor is setting up a base in Sydney after it was appointed sole distributor for Chili Publish in the Oceania region.

Printing Industry Pension Scheme unveils auto-enrolment proposals
The Printing Industry Pension Scheme (PIPS) unveiled its auto-enrolment proposition yesterday (1 October) to coincide with the initial roll-out of the new UK workplace pensions legislation.

St Ives records double digit growth
St Ives has posted double digit increases in underlying pre-tax profit and revenues in its final results as it continued to highlight growth in its marketing services business segment.

Inca Digital updates UV flatbed range with S20i launch
Inca Digital has unveiled the latest addition to its Onset range of high-volume flatbed UV printers, the S20i, which adds a raft of new features previously only available on the manufacturer's S40i...
Print industry news roundup: John Dickinson, Kodak, Print apprenticeship, BPIF/NAPM, LEP funding, Healeys
Stay up to date with your procurement supply chain thanks to print industry news at your fingertips. This week: Dickinson in consultation; Kodak requests chapter 11 extension; print industry...

Boon replaced by actuary Michael Barker as Paperlinx chairman
Michael Barker, who was appointed to the board only last Thursday (27 September), has replaced Harry Boon as chairman with immediate effect from 1 October.

Government promises extra funds for cash-strapped LEPs
Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) will benefit from 24m in government funding following concerns that lack of money has compromised their independence.