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BPIF draws plans for future growth
A resurgent BPIF plans to grow membership so that it encompasses 80% of the industry by turnover, and also aims to help the industry double its net profitability to 6.6%.
Arson suspected in Atlantics blaze
Police and fire officials are investigating the cause of a suspected arson attack at Kent printer Atlantic Print, which caused 150,000 worth of damage.
Survey: market is stagnating
Print firms are wallowing in a stagnating marketplace and trying to beat the squeeze on margins, says the latest BPIF Directions quarterly survey of trends.
Random House in FSC paper switch
Random House has formalised a paper procurement policy that will move the publisher to Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified stock and recycled papers.
DM and digital to be focus for ProCo rebrand
ProCo has launched its revamped branding strategy after completing its move to a 5,000m sq factory in Sheffield. The B2 firm, which houses the UKs first HP Indigo 5000 digital press, has also...
PETF bows out at London show
The Print Education and Training Forum is exhibiting at a national careers show, its swan song before it becomes part of Proskills.Its presence at the SkillCity event at Excel in Londons Docklands,...
Augustus Martin launches KBA Rapida 205
Augustus Martin has officially launched its superwide KBA Rapida 205 press, the biggest sheetfed press in the UK, and revealed that it also has one of the countrys widest digital presses, a 5m-wide...
Redpas wins Welsh backing
A new digital print firm with leading edge kit for a leading edge service has won Welsh Assembly funds.
Anton Group in bid to cut back chemistry use
Anton Group aims to cut chemical costs by 40,000 per year after installing a technotrans eco.clean filtration system.
Northcliffe kicks off 100m, two-year restructure
Northcliffe Newspapers Group (NNG) has said that it hopes to save 20m per year in costs from a two-year restructure that will include a further 100m print spend.
Garnett buys 1m of Gammerler kit
Gammerler has scooped its biggest UK order with a 1m deal for finishing kit at Garnett Dickinsons new plant in Rotherham.
Monster buys Scitex XLjet 5+
Monster Digital, the largest superwide format digital printer in the Midlands, has embarked on an investment programme with a Scitex Vision XLjet 5+.
AIT offers bargain in best of two kits
Applied Image Technology has adapted a Shiraz RIP and bundled it with a low-cost large-format printer to make one of the cheapest flatbed UV ink-jet printer packages available in the UK.
AbbeyPrint trials Quansis plate kit
AbbeyPrint in Spalding has become the first beta test site for a new plate processor from Elland, West Yorkshire-based start-up Quansis.
Xerox upgrades FreeFlow tool
Xerox has expanded its FreeFlow digital workflow with the launch of FreeFlow Output Manager, an add-on allowing printers to better manage which press will output which jobs.