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Moo.com partners with Facebook for 'social business card' app
Moo.com has partnered with Facebook to launch a "social business card" app that combines images from users' Facebook Timeline with their favourite quotes to create personalised business cards.
Unite calls for economic intervention policy
Unite has called for an economic intervention policy in 2012, as the country's manufacturing industries appear to be slipping back into recessionary levels.
Kodak 'on brink of Chapter 11' report claims
Kodak could be preparing to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to the Wall Street Journal, as its struggle to secure new funding comes to a head.
Baldwin goes private in acquisition by investment firm
In a move that essentially takes the company private, Baldwin Technology has agreed to be acquired by investment firm Forsyth Capital for $16.1m.
Quark adds ePub and iPad upgrades with QuarkXPress 9.2 update
Quark has announced version 9.2 of its XPress publishing software - a free upgrade that adds a range of multimedia and interactive elements for creating ebooks, as well as enhancements to producing...
GPS rebrands as Wifac International
Wifac Group subsidiary GPS, which is the European distributor for a range of Asian pre-press manufacturers, has rebranded as Wifac International.
UPDATE: CBT Packaging considering appeal following HSE fine
Composite container manufacturer CBT Packaging is considering an appeal to the HSE after it was fined following an injury to a worker's hand at its Basildon plant.
Xerox Canada acquires MPS provider LaserNetworks
Xerox Canada announced this week it has purchased Oakville, Ontario-based managed print services provider (MPS) LaserNetworks as it looks to take advantage of the growing interest among Canadian...
DS Smith chairman Peter Johnson resigns
DS Smith has announced that its chairman Peter Johnson has decided to step down from the position he has held since 2007 and resign from the board he first joined as a non-exec in 1999.
Manroland headed for break-up as suitors eye manufacturing sites
Prospects of a successful investors' agreement for Manroland have improved according to the insolvent press manufacturer's administrator with a break-up of the company seemingly the most likely...
Harrier LLC installs Horizon book-binding system
Harrier LLC has installed a Horizon BQ470V PUR book-binding system from Intelligent Finishing Systems (IFS) for its Truprint photobook business.
New Year predictions - Celloglas's Richard Gillgrass
Richard Gillgrass, managing director, Celloglas
Paperlinx reveals PE takeover bid as losses continue
Paperlinx has said it has received a private equity takeover bid as it anticipates a pre-tax loss of AUD26m (17m) for the first six months of its 2011/12 fiscal year.
Former 3M boss Mitchell joins James Cropper as non-exec
UK paper mill James Cropper has appointed former 3M UK and Ireland managing director Douglas Mitchell as a non-executive director with effect from 1 January 2012.
Kodak appoints new president as trio of directors quit
The board of Eastman Kodak was rocked last month by the departure of three directors in two weeks, while the company also appointed a new president.