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Communisis has propelled itself into a top-ranking print management spot with the 42m purchase of Centurion Press.

Fuji Graphic Systems director Stephen Webb (pictured) has left after less than four months with the firm.

Communisis has bought Centurion Press in a 42m deal.

Polestar has recruited its new human resources director from Diageo, the owner of Guinness.

The BPIF and the PPA have joined forces to enable magazine publishers to assess the environmental performance of their printers.

Waddies and the Ormolu Group are being tipped as possible merger partners, in a move that could create a 60m-plus group.

Printcafe has put its plans to float on Nasdaq on hold due to the recent decline in the market.

The inaugural meeting of prints new umbrella body, the Printing Industry Alliance, was held in London last week (3 May).

Independent paper merchant Benjamin Gough has been bought from administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) by fellow merchant Beever Paper, headed by former Capital Paper finance director Graham...

Overall attendance for Ipex 2002 (Birmingham, 9-17 April) hit 65,431, just over 70% of the figure for the 1998 event.

Future Publishing has put Cradley Print on notice of its intention to withdraw all its titles printed at the West Midlands-based printer, after the publisher conducted a complete review of its web...

Only 1-2% of the worlds digital printers are "variable printing ready", according the latest research from Trendwatch Graphic Arts.

"Partnership not partnershaft" should be the motto of UK magazine publishers and printers if the countrys indigenous print supply base is to be preserved.

Fairway PSD, the print management and logistics arm of Thomas Potts, has signed a 3m contract with jewellery retailer Goldsmiths Group for three years.

The Oakhill Group has said that it is in good shape for the future after it jettisoned capacity, despite disappointing preliminary results for 2001.