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Aylesford Newsprint workers awarded £750,000; CHP plant up for sale
Nearly 100 staff who worked at Aylesford Newsprint in Kent have been awarded around £750,000 after being dismissed without consultation with their union.

Encore increases efficiency with £250k Bobst investment
Encore Packaging Solutions has spent £250,000 to give itself a big production boost with new kit from Bobst.

Artworks Solutions boosts efficiency and quality with Agfa investment
Artworks Solutions has invested in an Agfa Jeti Mira wide-format printer in a bid to increase its print quality and efficiency.

PPB launches new industrial plastics range
A new range of industrial plastics, one of which is 150 times stronger than glass, according to the manufacturer, is being targeted at signage, display, POS, vending machine fronts and vacuum-formed...

Overmatter: mud runners
What do you get when you mix Antalis pink with brown? Lots of brown. Mud, in fact.

Killer app: Title and Curtis engage sex appeal for a slicker Yes
Curtis Packaging and creative design agency Title have come together to sex up the packaging of the Yes organic personal lubricant range to help it to appeal more to the pleasure and general consumer...

SMP Group invests in second Diecut Goldline
London-based POS specialist SMP Group has invested in a second Diecut Goldline manual die-cutter to further increase its safety and productivity.

RR Donnelley staff to protest over conditions
Staff at two RR Donnelley sites in Gloucestershire are set to hold a protest later this week because of a dispute over changes to their terms and conditions.

IIJ to launch dedicated Customer Centre
Industrial Inkjet (IIJ) is to open a customer centre as part of an investment that could be as much as £2m to cope with a jump in demand for training for its print engines from across the world.

PBL Print overhauls press room with £2.3m kit investment
PBL Print is undertaking a production “metamorphosis” costing £2.3m and involving a clear-out of five Heidelberg presses to be replaced by two newer versions and three digital machines.

Pureprint extends apprenticeship scheme
Pureprint Group is looking to take on additional apprentices after extending its in-house apprenticeship scheme.

Xaar plans to more than double sales
Xaar boss Doug Edwards has laid out ambitious plans for the inkjet manufacturer to more than double turnover by 2020.

Print On moves to accomodate growing wide-format op
Family business Print On has moved to larger open-plan premises to house three recently acquired wide-format machines.

Abbotsgate Hull ups quality and cuts costs with Presstek spend
Commercial printer Abbotsgate Hull is saving thousands of pounds and boasting higher quality print at faster speeds after installing a used Presstek 34DI direct imaging press.

SME printers to benefit from Budget announcements
Chancellor George Osborne announced a number of business tax reforms in a Budget speech yesterday (16 March) that was largely welcomed by the print industry.