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Matar: challenges to come, but great opportunities too
Drupa has dismissed concerns that Manroland's insolvency and Kodak's filing for Chapter 11 has dampened enthusiasm for this year's show.
Work smarter - not harder
As the possibilities and the range of applications in the world of printing, including digital, continue to expand, the manufacturers of finishing machines are having to keep pace by delivering...
Driving movable data in the right direction
'Printing using movable type' has turned into 'printing using movable data'. It has been almost eight years since Heidelberg CEO Bernhard Schreier paraphrased Gutenberg's invention to describe the...
Litho and digital - a complementary mix
Today it is becoming much more common to find printers using more than one printing technology. In most cases this is adding sheet fed digital printing to complement a predominantly offset printing...
Unite lawyers contact BGP over pay proposal
Lawyers for Unite have written to BGP informing them that the union will seek to claim damages for its members should the company push through with plans to enforce a paycut.
The long road to recovery: how the economic crisis will shape the future and impact Drupa 2012
When French bank BNP Paribas announced the closure of two of its off balance sheet investment vehicles on 9 August 2007, few outside the world of high finance took notice. However, that event marked...
The pull package: why attention-grabbing packaging print will be emphasised at Drupa 2012
Research into consumer behavioural patterns in-store indicates that, on average, three out of every four items that end up in the shopping basket are impulse purchases made in about five seconds....
BPIF appoints new president and board directors
AGI Shorewood European chief executive Tony Garnish has been appointed president of the BPIF.
ITG appoints ex-Bezier boss Shaw to enhance retail offering
Former Bezier chief executive Mark Shaw has joined Inspired Thinking Group (ITG) as business development director, teaming up with former rival Simon Ward in what the company has dubbed "a statement...
Fujifilm helps Severnprint reduce waste
Gloucester-based commercial printer Severnprint has cut water consumption by more than 70% after switching to Fuji's third-generation processless plate, Pro-T3.