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EDS appoints Astrons founder as chairman
David Mitchell, founder and former chief executive of Astron, has notched up another print role after becoming chairman of European web offset group Euro-Druckservice (EDS).
Fuji moves into commercial inkjet
Fujifilm is mounting an assault on the commercial inkjet sector as it aims to grow turnover for its global graphic arts business to 19.7bn (300bn) by April 2008.
Top PLCs urge investors to drop printed R&As and move online
Some of the UKs biggest PLCs are turning their backs on printed reports and accounts (R&A), with several urging their shareholders to read them electronically.
Royal Mail and TNT Post reported to shed jobs
Turmoil in the postal market was again underlined this week when two major players were linked with big redundancy plans.
Greens say jobs were not at risk
Nicholas Green, joint chief executive at Tangent Communications, has denied a report in the <i>Sunday Telegraph </i>that he and brother Tim Green almost lost their jobs after his companys audacious...
Etrinsic picks up 500k Reed Personnel contract
Print manager Etrinsic has won a two-year, 500,000 contract to supply a full print management service to recruitment specialist Reed Personnel Services.
Northprint partners with PrintBuyer for podcast
Northprint has produced its first-ever podcast to help visitors get the best out of this years show, set to be the biggest yet.
MT upgrades press battery with Heidelberg kit
Commercial printer MT Print is revamping its pressroom next month with a clutch of B3 Heidelberg presses.
Communisis leads winners in 30m public sector tenders
Governments faith in outsourced print management was underlined this week with the award of public sector print contracts worth more than 30m.
Postal zoning plans unveiled
Details have emerged of Royal Mails plans to introduce zonal pricing in the UK, with costs set to rise for large mailers in London.
250m government framework kicks off
A public sector framework covering work worth up to 250m per year to UK print kicked off this Monday.
Prinovis gravure MD to leave after two years
Prinoviss Liverpool gravure supersite is to lose its managing director Bob Robinson just two years after he took on the 115m project.
Southernprint close to sales hire
Southernprint has revealed that it is entering into a second round of interviews to find a replacement for sales director Ross Borton.
TPF Group snaps up NPM direct mail and stationery divisions
TPF Group has returned to the acquisition trail with the purchase out of administration of two former NPM Group companies.
Polestar to split purchasing arm
Polestar Applied Solutions, the groups e-procurement arm, has split into two units in a bid to bring a simplified business to the market.