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Mailing equipment manufacturer Pitney Bowes has moved into the direct mail sector after signing an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) deal with CMC.

Headley Brothers has become the latest printer to launch a "page-turning" online magazine production service with the launch of its HeadTurner service.

The UK manufacturing sector should receive similar government support to the financial service sector, The Work Foundation has said.

InfoPrint has expanded the production capabilities of its flagship digital full-colour 5000 printer, doubling the printing speed of the original model.

The Tall Group of Companies has said there is still a lively market for cheque printing as the payment method reaches its 350th anniversary.

MY Healthcare has bolstered its presence in the pharmaceutical industry with a 3m investment in a Drent Goebel Variable Sleeve Offset press at its Newmarket site.

Marstan Press is pushing for growth in its newly created digital printing operation after "dipping its toes into the water" with an investment in an OKI C9650 colour machine.

Around 150 staff at Blackburns' printing arm are understood to have been made redundant this morning as talks continue over a possible sale of the company's direct mail arm.

Emap used last week's Publishing Expo to explain how its Inform stable of business-to-business magazines had cut paper and production costs thanks to "radical changes", set to roll out in April.

A German start-up publisher has tied with Wikipedia and Lightning Source to offer custom-made on-demand books with content from the online encyclopaedia.

The National Archives of Scotland has awarded the contract to overhaul its corporate identity to print management giant RR Donnelley.

Former Blackburns director Andrew Cowman has spoken out following yesterday's MBO of the business's direct mail arm by a management team led by himself and another former director, Nick Atkinson.