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Forward founder appointed to chair children's charity

Neil Mendoza, founder of Forward publishing, has been appointed chairman of The Prince's Foundation for Children and the Arts.

Polestar Sheffield gets Nordic Ecolabel accreditation

Polestar Sheffield has become the first UK printing plant to be awarded the Nordic Ecolabel environmental accreditation.

Kodak opens new European HQ

Kodak has officially opened its new combined European headquarters, inkjet demo facility and EAMER technology centre in Eysins, Switzerland.

Charles Gee Group appoints administrators

Geoff Rowley, Phil Armstrong and Andrew Sheridan, partners at FRP Advisory, have been appointed joint administrators to the Charles Gee Group of Companies and several of its trading subsidiaries.

Government funds 500k 3D printing programme for schools

Education secretary Michael Gove has announced a 500,000 extension to last year's Department for Education 3D printing trial, which gave 21 secondaries access to the technology.

EFI hails LED growth and celebrates Printcafe anniversary

EFI chief executive officer Guy Gecht hailed the success of the firm's LED curing technology with its customers and commercial print buyers on the group's third quarter earnings call last week.

CMC demonstrates Cartonwrap at official launch

CMC Machinery has demonstrated its Cartonwrap machine to customers and the press for the first time at an official launch event at its factory in Citta di Castello, Italy.

Harrier LLC installs new Kolbus binding line

Harrier LLC has installed a Kolbus DA 260 casemaker and Kolbus BF 512 casing-in machine as part of a "heavy investment" push which has also seen the company add an eighth HP Indigo and other...

Fiery rebound boosts EFI's Q3 earnings 16%

EFI posted a double-digit increase in third quarter revenues on the back of a near 25% year-on-year jump in Fiery revenues for the three months to 30 September.

EFI buys Metrix Software

EFI has acquired the automated print planning and imposition software developer Metrix for an undisclosed sum.

Xaar reports Q3 trading in line with expectation

Xaar has revealed that revenues for the third quarter were in line with expectations and announced a Capital Markets Day for investors and analysts on 28 November.

Apex debuts Mitsubishi Violet DigiPlate VDP-4 at Print Efficiently

Apex Digital Graphics gave a UK debut to Mitsubishi's Violet DigiPlate VDP-4 chemistry-free, B2-format platesetter at the Print Efficiently 2013 event at its Hemel Hempstead showroom last week.

Scanlon highlights HMRC late payment in letter to FT

Wyndeham Group chairman Mark Scanlon has taken Prime Minister David Cameron to task over his recent comments about late payment, citing failings by one of the government's own departments in a letter...

Clays prints Morrissey's 'classic' Autobiography

Clays has printed British singer-songwriter Morrissey's memoirs, <i>Autobiography</i>, which has controversially been published under the Penguin Classics imprint.

Boss celebrates 30 years at RM (Rotary) Services

RM (Rotary) Services managing director Alistair Sawyer is celebrating 30 years at the supplier of punching tools to the print industry.