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IBM, Ricoh company InfoPrint reveals transpromo offerings
IBM and Ricoh joint venture InfoPrint Solutions has launched a suite of transpromo solutions, which enable marketers to create transactional documents.
Apago releases job-ticket tool for broad range of digital kit
Apago has updated its Adobe Acrobat plug-in software Oneticket, offering a single user interface to drive digital printers from its widest-ever range of manufacturers.
Magazine printer Microprint to cut 130 jobs with April shutdown
Competition from UK printers and a decline in work has forced Dublin-based printer Microprint to announce it will close in April with 130 redundancies.
Ipex 2010 to set record as biggest yet
Ipex 2010 will be the biggest show yet, filling the halls of the NEC in Birmingham for the first time.
Barnwell Print buys five-colour Heidelberg as part of shift to new site
Barnwell Print has invested in a five-colour Speedmaster CD 74 and moved to a new 1,250sqm premises in a push to increase capacity and grow the firm.
Bad debt costs 30 jobs as printer Croxson struggles
Chesham-based printer Croxson has made 30 members of staff redundant and is "reviewing its options" for the future, a source close to the company has confirmed.
Ipswich printer Healeys installs carbon footprint tool in ISO 14001 push
Healeys Printers has installed accounting-based carbon emissions software to help improve its environmental impact.
Belfast printer ploughs 3.5m into double acquisition
Belfast-based firm Graham and Heslip (G&H) has acquired two local printers as part of a 3.5m investment to broaden its remit and grow its presence in Ireland.
Label Makers halves ink mixing time with Sun Chemical system
Bradford-based printer Label Makers has cut ink mixing times by 50% by investing in the UK's first Solaris Colorsat system from Sun Chemical.
Experts expect little change in Darling's first full-year budget
Industry experts are expecting few surprises from Alistair Darling's first full-year budget, despite the downward pressures on the economy.
OKI looks at longer runs with A3 machine
OKI is targeting cost-effective long-run printing with the latest A3 addition to its Executive Series of printers, the ES3640a3.
Southampton's Indigo Press buys 10-colour Komori for 1.1m
Indigo Press is gunning for new clients and faster turnaround times after investing 1.1m in a 10-colour B2 Komori Lithrone perfecting press.
South Yorkshire Police invests in Horizon binder to cut costs
South Yorkshire Police has invested in an automated single clamp binder from Horizon to improve turnarounds for the production of time-sensitive materials.
Jarvis Print Group cuts job times with new platesetter
The Jarvis Print Group has taken delivery of a Screen PlateRite 4300E platesetter system to complement its new five-colour Komori B2 press in a push to make the firm more competitive in long-run work.
NS Print steps into five-colour with Heidelberg Printmaster
NS Print has made its foray into five-colour work in a bid to make the firm more competitive in long-runs by investing in a Heidelberg Printmaster PM 52-5.