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Media roundup: Government, LOCOG, Honda, Facebook, Lynx
We bring you the buzz from the wider media sphere, across the world and across the web. This week: government kicks off 11m workplace pensions campaign; LOCOG readies Olympic marketing push; Honda...
Dynagram targets Kodak Preps users with discount offer
Dynagram, developer of the DynaStrip and InpO2 imposition software, has capitalised on Kodak's Chapter 11 filing by announcing a 50% discount for users switching from Kodak Preps, which it has claimed...
Former WCB employees win unfair dismissal tribunal
Seven former employees of failed finishing house West Country Binders (WCB) have won an employment tribunal over unfair dismissal with related company UK Book Binders (UBB).
CPI Antony Rowe chief Ralph Bell to retire
CPI Antony Rowe chief operating officer Ralph Bell is to retire in April after 23 years at the head of the short-run book printer.
Goodhead Group owner Madejski to sell stake in football club
Goodhead Group owner Sir John Madejski is poised to sell a substantial stake of Reading Football Club, which he also owns, to Thames Sports Investment (TSI) in a deal rumoured to be worth 40m.
Antalis acquires 28m packaging business
Paper merchant Antalis McNaughton has expanded its packaging business after purchasing Ambassador Packaging.
Abstract Group and Annodata Print Services merge in equity deal
Design and print agency Abstract Group has joined forces with Annodata Print Services (APS), the litho arm of 60m-turnover Annodata, via an undisclosed equity transaction.
BPIF appoints new president and board directors
AGI Shorewood European chief executive Tony Garnish has been appointed president of the BPIF.
Jameson Print Finishers installs fourth folder gluer
Jameson Print Finishers has installed a new Petratto folder gluer in a bid to increase capacity.
Unite calls for manufacturing boost to turn unemployment around
Unite has called on the government to help boost manufacturing if it wants to bring down the spiralling unemployment rate.
Manroland rescue package put to creditors
Manroland will be split up and its German workforce almost halved under plans outlined to creditors yesterday.
ITG appoints ex-Bezier boss Shaw to enhance retail offering
Former Bezier chief executive Mark Shaw has joined Inspired Thinking Group (ITG) as business development director, teaming up with former rival Simon Ward in what the company has dubbed "a statement...
KBA North America turns to Drozt to drive Midwest sales
With Manroland's financial uncertainty creating an opening to build market share on this side of the Atlantic, KBA North America has lured Ralph Drozt over from Komori to take over sales of...
Strata company looks to drive direct mail business with new Indigo 7500
Looking to drive its direct mail business, Plymouth Meeting, PA-based Strata Company this week announced the installation of both an HP Indigo 7500 digital press and a Rollem TR die-score system.
Lscher and MacDermid launch Accent flexo plate
Lscher has partnered with MacDermid to launch Accent, a new flexo coating plate for packaging and commercial print applications that can be imaged like a normal litho plate on Lscher's XPose! UV...