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Alcan Composites switches UK distributors
Alcan Composites has moved to a new distribution model in the UK and is dropping Robert Horne.
Manroland in talks to buy Wifag
Manroland is in discussions to buy Swiss newspaper press manufacturer Wifag.
Negotiations for national 2010/11 pay increases canned
The future of Partnership at Work (PAW), the bedrock national agreement on working conditions in the print industry, is hanging in the balance following the BPIF's withdrawal from annual pay...
Communisis buys UK's first HP T300 digital web press
Communisis is to install the UK's first HP T300 colour inkjet web press at its Leeds direct mail site.
CLE Group installs HP Indigo 7000 press
Commercial printer the CLE Group has become one of the UK's first companies to install an HP Indigo 7000 press.
Environmental award for LT Print Group
Commercial printer LT Print Group has boosted its environmental credentials by gaining ISO 14001 accreditation.
Newnorth turns Speedmaster into 'one-operator press' with pumped ink system buy
Commercial printer Newnorth Print has turned its Heidelberg Speedmaster into a "one-operator press" after installing a barrel-pumping system from Technotrans.
HighWater Designs restructures
HighWater Designs has restructured its sales and service organisation for a range of HighWater and Cron CTP systems and workflows.
100 jobs axed as Blackburns falls to administrators
Direct mail house Blackburns DMS has gone into administration just over a year after the previous incarnation of the business went into administration.
Graphic Arts Systems heralds energy-saving coater
Graphic Arts Systems has praised its latest coating equipment, which it claims uses "less power than a hair-dryer".
Portsmouth printer uneasy at FA's 'preferred' status for football creditors
A print boss in Portsmouth, whose firm was hit by the local football club's fall into administration, has said he has been left uneasy by the knowledge that creditors from the world of football will...
Repro India gets a Ventura sewing machine after successful EFI run
PrintWeek India - Muller Martini has executed Repro India's order for a Ventura MC sewing machine, by airlifting the machine to Repro's plant at Surat in Gujarat. The high speed machine, which is...
JMD Digital boosts wide-format capacity with Rs 5-cr investment in two HP Scitex UV printers
PrintWeek India - JMD Digital Art Xchange has enhanced its digital print capacity with an investment in HP Scitex, wide-format UV technology.
Lebedev sets up Independent company as purchase deadline looms
Russian media mogul Alexander Lebedev has registered a new company, Independent Print, at Companies House.
Communisis profits halve in 'disappointing' 2009
Profits at printing group Communisis more than halved in 2009, however the group managed to remain profitable across all its sectors despite a "disappointing" year.