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Power 100 - Public vote ranking
See how the public voted in our 2009 PrintWeek Power 100...

Proskills launches National Skills Academy
Proskills launched the long-awaited National Skills Academy for the process and manufacturing sectors last night as it published research highlighting the negative effect the skills gap is having on...

Hibbert highlights positives despite 179.6m pre-tax loss
Polestar Group chief executive Barry Hibbert has stressed that the company's underlying trading result, an EBITDA of 51.1m, was "pretty reasonable" given the current economic climate.

Integrity Print increases turnover to 60m
Integrity Print has posted an 11% increase in turnover in its first year's trading since managing director Mark Cornford led a 12.8m MBO in July 2008.
Cosmo finalises GBC purchase
Indian lamination film manufacturer Cosmo Films has finalised the purchase of US counterpart GBC Commercial Laminating Systems.

CDMS chief exec leaves company
Stephen Clark has left print, mail and data group CDMS after three-and-a-half years as chief executive.

Mergers in newspaper sector possible, says OFT
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has said it is up to regional newspaper publishers to test the water for merger proposals, following the publication of the Digital Britain report last week.

AGI & Loveurope accredited to Fogra as PMC awaits BPIF plans
Packaging printer AGI Media and pre-press company Loveurope have both been awarded the Fogra certification for colour management, which is based on the ISO 12647-2 standard.

Carousel brings repro in-house with 25,000 spend
Carousel Envelopes has brought all of its pre-press work in-house following a 25,000 investment in equipment and a new mezzanine floor at its Leeds-based factory.

Presstek aims to become fourth major player with plate launch at Print 09
Presstek hopes to unveil its next-generation plate technology at this year's Print 09 trade show as it targets a significant increase in its global market share.

PrintWeek Power 100 2009 revealed
For the first time in its eight-year history a supplier has topped PrintWeek's list of the most powerful people in print, with Paperlinx UK regional director David Allen securing the top slot in the...

Heidelberg refutes claims of 'competitive imbalance' following bailout
Heidelberg has hit back at concerns that its 800m euro (682m) bailout from the German government will give it a 'competitive advantage' over rivals.

MOD department completes 'refresh' with Morgana spend
One of the Ministry of Defence's (MOD) design and print departments has completed a "refresh" of its entire facility with an investment in Morgana finishing kit.

Lake Image launches 'higher quality' verification system
Verification system manufacturer Lake Image has launched a new "higher quality" inspection system.