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Sun Chemical appoints new sales director
Ink giant Sun Chemical has appointment Tony Palmer as sales director for the packaging, commercial sheetfed and screen divisions in UK and Ireland.

Print Yorkshire president to appear at book signing
Victor Watson, president of Print Yorkshire, will be signing copies of his book at a bookstore in Leeds later this month.

KCS Print business director in charity cycle ride appeal
Gordon Leer, business development director at KCS Trade Print, is set to do his bit for charity this summer when he cycles around 1,000 miles from John O'Groats to Land's End.
New IPA president calls for funds for IPs to prevent pre-packs
The new president of the Insolvency Practitioners Association (IPA) has called for more funding for IPs, in order to cut the number of pre-pack deals in the UK.

Two sales managers quit Southernprint for BGP roles
Southernprint sales managers Adrian Clark and Peter Helfrich have resigned to join web offset printer BGP.

EFI appoints Wessenbach as Vutek general manager
EFI has announced that Dick Wessenbach is to take over as general manager for its Vutek business.
InfoPrint appoints new chief executive/president
InfoPrint, the joint venture between IBM and Ricoh, has appointed Daisuke Segawa as its new chief executive and president.

Stoate retires after 47 years in print
Michael Stoate has retired from Stoate and Bishop Printers after 47 years in the industry.

Murdoch: free news website era 'will soon be over'
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has shocked the newspaper industry by proclaiming that the free news website model "will soon be over".
Man's arm amputated after becoming trapped in press
Doctors were forced to amputate a man's arm after it became trapped in the rollers of a printing press at Oldham-based commercial printer Print Right.