News

Legionnaire's disease has been confirmed as the cause of the death of Terry Cooper Services' sales executive Chris Lewis, who contracted the illness when staying at a Nottingham hotel during Ipex...

Web offset magazine printer Hunters Armley, part of the direct division of St Ives in Bradford, has won the contract to print the new customer magazine British Gas Home, which will be distributed to...

Creditors of the Clarendon House Group and Dicker & Dunster Printers have expressed anger at the possibility of not getting paid for work done for the companys administrator.

Midlands Publishing Holdings is poised to buy two print and packaging companies, Beshara Press and Newey Print, and plans to exchange contracts the week commencing 10 June.

Former NatMag Specialist Media (AIM) production director, Andrew Wilson, is to set up his own print production consultancy.

A third of the 99 staff at labelstock manufacturer Smith & McLaurin have been made redundant, less than a week after the firm went into administration with KPMG <i>(PrintWeek, 31 May)</i>.

Exhibition organiser Faversham House Group (FHG) believes that there is room enough for next years Digital Expo event despite it being launched into an already crowded show calendar.

A group of US experts have published a white paper encouraging printers to use activity-based costing as a tool to improve profitability.

Avalon Printing Software in Leicester has been bought by VantagePoint Systems, the Vancouver-based business management software developer for the corrugated packaging industry.

Ry-Offset has brought forward the launch of its two-colour Ryobi 522HE by a quarter after the success of its four-colour cousin at Ipex.

Affordable waterless plates are on the horizon for KBAs Cortina newspaper press, according to group marketing director Klaus Schmidt.

The Print & Graphic Communication National Training Organisation (PGC NTO) could be awarded additional funding from the government to continue projects before the industry gets its own Sector Skills...

FIFA has rebuked press claims of a ticketing fiasco and possible legal action by authorities at the 2002 World Cup, and restated that the printing of tickets has not been a major cause of empty seats...

Colin Ransom of M4R has bought Page Overton Associates from Des Page.

University of Leeds and Leeds College of Technology are holding open days to recruit for a print, packaging and graphics course aiming to dovetail work and study.