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IPC Media was the first publisher to snap up Polestars new self-adhesive label product Pagers, designed for promotional and advertising campaigns.

York & Ford Paper is no more following Merseyside merchant Paper 4 Prints purchase of the Manchester branch and the closure of the Leicester office.

TW Parker has become one of the first print and packaging companies in the UK to install Esko-Graphics Spark XT CDI flexo platesetter.

Direct mail specialist Howard Hunt Group is installing the UKs first EMC Conquest inserting system at its Dartford plant.

Creo has linked up with one of the largest plate manufacturers in China as part of its global plate plans.

Express Newspapers will hold talks with whoever ends up owning the <i>Telegraph</i> about its continued printing at West Ferry.

Paper manufacturers and merchants have called for the battle between certification schemes to end, and for one set of standards to be a common objective.

KBA previewed some of its Drupa sheetfed launches at a special customer open house event last week, where it also revealed the worlds first B1 press without sidelays.

PrintCity at Drupa will focus on the printer and their customer and it has created three new brands to convey its message.

Print Education Forum (PEF) chief executive Richard Beamish bowed out of the industry this week.

The National Association of Paper Merchants (NAPM) has established a training scheme for staff new to paper merchanting.

Senator Print Finishers has added to its plant capacity as it looks to increase its presence in the direct mail sector.

Vertis has teamed up with a Dutch software company to offer a service to quiz customers on their experiences of DM campaigns.

Steve Haithwaite, the former Argos Retail Group director of publications and new media, has joined Media Square as chief executive of its retail marketing division.

DM print specialist Adare Halcyon has made a multi million pound investment in a 10-colour Muller Martini A52 UV press.