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YPS to showcase kit to help open up new markets
Your Print Specialists (YPS) is to use North Print & Pack to show how dovetailing 3D software with digital technology can open up "lucrative new market areas".

Swan Mill fined after employee crushed
Kent-based Swan Mill Paper Company has been fined following an HSE investigation into an incident in which an employee was crushed by a forklift truck.

Waitrose vow to halve packaging concerns the sector
The packaging sector has questioned the wisdom of Waitrose plans to halve its packaging by 2016 to save nearly 100 tonnes of packaging annually.

EFG lending improves
New government figures have revealed that lending to SMEs through its Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) scheme is showing improvement.

Hunts brings work in-house with new folder
Hunts Paper & Pixels has installed a new Stahlfolder TH 56 to help bring more work in-house and achieve bigger savings.

Paperlinx rebrands Howard Smith, Robert Horne and PaperCo
Paperlinx has taken a major step to consigning its three merchanting brands to the annals of history by rebranding them all under the Paperlinx banner while reassuring customers that the changes will...

Colex launches flatbed cutter
A new Colex flatbed cutter has made its European debut at Sign & Digital UK, garnering one UK sale on the first day of last week's show.

Ricoh boosts production printing portfolio with dual launch
Ricoh has added two new light production models, the C5110S and C5100S, to its production printing portfolio.

Industry confidence low although order levels steady in Q1
Printers are seeing stable order levels for the third quarter running although overall outlook is pessimistic, according to the BPIF's latest Printing Outlook report.

IFS to showcase SPF/FC200L at North Print & Pack
Intelligent Finishing Systems (IFS), which has just sold the UK's first Horizon SPF/FC200L landscape bookletmaker, is to try and woo more buyers with a show unveiling of a full-production machine.

New Hybrid Software package for last-minute remote proofing
Hybrid Software is using Fespa to roll out a new online soft proofing system that lets users make last-minute corrections to artwork remotely using any web browser.
Sunjet launches ink for dcor industry
Sun Chemical's global inkjet division Sunjet has launched Dimoda, a new brand for a range of dcor industry inkjet inks.

Sun Capital creates global plastics packaging giant
Paragon Print and Packaging and Britton Group are among five businesses that will be merged to form the sixth largest global plastics packaging firm.

Launch of BPIF graduate course hailed by industry
Around 160 people attended the launch of the BPIF's graduate management programme in London last week.
Former BPIF president dies aged 97
York-based printer and publisher and former BPIF president Bill Sessions has died at the age of 97.