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Flexo trade platemaker Waldo has taken delivery of the UK's first Star Proof and Epson Stylus Pro WT7900 proofing system.

The election of the UK's first coalition government since 1945 has been met with a mixture of optimism and scepticism by the print industry.

Michael Mann, international production and pre-press manager at The Economist, has left the publisher after 22 years at the group.

Stanley Sidders, a third generation of family-owned London printer Samuel Sidders & Son, passed away last week, aged 83.

IPC's Wallpaper* magazine is to allow its readers to create a personalised cover for the 'handmade' theme of its August issue, using an online design application.

Metloc Printers creative director Stephen Metcalfe has become one of the UK's first SME printers to be elected to Parliament.

G&H Group subsidiary G&H Web Offset has been put into administration after what it described as two "extremely tough" years.

Cambrian Printers sales director Carrick Wilkie has left the company - and the country - to pursue a new life in Australia.

Litho printer Prometheus Press said it intends to become a "digital powerhouse" after installing a Duplo finishing suite.

St Ives has proposed the closure of St Ives Direct Edenbridge and Sevenoaks Print Finishers, which could result in 80 job losses.

ASAP Digital has installed a DigiFold 5000P folder-creaser from Morgana to expand its fast turnaround work.

Printers have been warned that insolvencies are expected to rise in the second half of the year, despite a likely increase in orders, as lenders, suppliers and HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) all tighten...