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Central Mailing Services invests £500k in new kit and premises
Central Mailing Services (CMS) has invested around half a million pounds in new machinery and a new unit in a move that is expected to increase its turnover by more than 50%.

New KBA (UK) hires to assist flexo drive and sheetfed press sales
KBA (UK) has taken on two new high-profile staff to help with its flexo drive and sheetfed press sales.

GT4 Group targets £12m turnover following TPL Labels acquisition
GT4 Group, owner of Glasgow-based labels and packaging printer Gavin Watson and creative agency GT4, has entered the pressure-sensitive labels market by acquiring label manufacturer TPL Labels.

Heidelberg boss back at work
Heidelberg chairman and chief human resources officer Gerold Linzbach has returned to work after a period of illness.

A1 celebrates 25th Anniversary
A1 Security Print celebrated its 25th anniversary under the A1 name last week.

Boss Federation CEO to retire
Boss Federation chief executive Michael Gardner will retire in July after nearly nine years at the helm of the trade association and a quarter century in the industry.

60 seconds with Datum
Datum started back in 1988 in Shoreditch, London, as a pre-press company supplying plates and proofs to the local litho printers. It left behind its London roots in 2000 when the business relocated to...

Overmatter: calendar boys
January. Time to put up a new calendar. Or two, or even perhaps three or four.

Q&A: Chris Bailey Purchasing manager (just retired) for mutual OneFamily
After a short and (he says) less than glittering career in marketing, Chris got into print buying by accident and ended up doing it for 28 years.

Believe in print's power and people
I appreciate that the Yuletide break may seem a distant memory for many of you reading this, but as this is the first issue of 2016: happy new year from all of us at PrintWeek Towers.