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Son pays tribute to a 'caring and kind' print specialist
For the second month in a row, the printing industry has had to mourn a death of one from its fraternity. First it was the tragic loss of Manish Indrawat of Payorite Print Media in Udaipur and now...
Norwegian publishing legend joins Johnston Press as non-exec director
Johnston Press has appointed Norwegian publishing veteran Kjell Aamot as a non-executive director.

TSPC moves from manual binding with Morgana Adventure PUR buy
School yearbook manufacturer The School Photography Company (TSPC) has increased productivity witha Morgana Adventure PUR binder.

Paragon hails 'perfect fit' BemroseBooth
Paragon Group has described BemroseBooth as a "perfect fit", following its acquisition of the business out of administration last week, and said that it has no plans to consolidate the firm's two...

'Impatient creditors' torpedo SV.Two repayment measures
SV.Two has claimed that its bid to pay off creditors of its closed litho outfit was scuppered by impatient creditors.

Number of rogue directors will rise after Insolvency Service cuts, trade body warns
Insolvency trade body R3 has warned that cuts in the insolvency service's budget could lead to more rogue directors going unchallenged.

Surge in processless plate demand leads Agfa to begin Azura TS production in Leeds
Agfa has begun producing thermal Azura TS plates at its Leeds Seacroft factory following a surge in demand for its chemistry-free plates.

Lancme picks Trucard 1 gloss recycled for fragrance packaging
Tullis Russell's Trucard 1 gloss recycled 350gsm has been chosen for the outer packaging of Lancme's Aroma Blue body treatment fragrance.

Z-Card launches augmented reality PocketMedia product
Z-Card, the firm behind the eponymous pocket media folding card, has launched a range of products using Augmented Reality (AR) and 2D barcodes.

Polestar in Applied redundancies
Polestar has announced redundancies at both its Applied Solutions DM and business forms sites.

Elle launches Collections magazine
Elle has launched its biannual Collections magazine.

Arvia trials removal of colour from water at UPM Shotton
Water treatment start-up Arvia Technology has concluded trials of its Nyex process to remove colour from process water at UPM's Shotton recycled newsprint mill in Deeside, Wales.

Repropoint launches new brochure design service
Repropoint has expanded its existing photobook service to incorporate template-driven brochure production for companies, including architects, landscape and interior designers.
KBA claims bumper first six months of 2010
German press manufacturer KBA has experienced a bumper first six months of the year, with buoyant orders putting an end to 18 months of short-time working at its Radebeul plant near Dresden.

Metallic ink launched by Mimaki
Mimaki's retro-fittable metallic ink for its eco-solvent printers will be available from October this year, the company has confirmed.