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Newsquest to close final salary pension scheme

Newspaper publisher Newsquest has entered into consultation with its employees over the cancellation of its final salary pension scheme.

Drug dealers used print company to supply 3.5m worth of cannabis

Drug dealers have used a Paisley-based print company, which operated as The Print Finishers as a base to supply around 3.5m worth of cannabis across Scotland.

Time to Train scheme may be reversed under coalition plans

The coalition government could reverse Labour's controversial Time to Train scheme under new plans.

Southernprint press minder escapes serious injury after folder incident

A number one printer was lucky to escape serious injury last week after his hand became trapped in the folding unit of a 72pp lithoman press for almost an hour.

KBA halves first half pre-tax loss following upswing in orders

KBA has halved its pre-tax loss to 22m euro (18m) for the first half of 2010, following an upswing of 39% in new orders.

Printers report slight improvement in the availability of finance

Printers have reported some improvement in the availability of finance as lending conditions eased slightly at the start of the summer.

Thane-based Print Vision upgrades its pre-press set up with Fuji-FFEI Alinte 8 buy

Print Vision, the Thane-based service bureau has installed one Alinte 8 along with a Fuji Inca 80 processor and a workflow.

Stralfors installs System 5000 following booklet contract win

Transactional printer Stralfors has invested in a Digital System 5000 bookletmaker from Duplo following a new contract win.

Polestar redundancies reduced after Unite plan accepted

The number of redundancies at Polestar Applied Solutions has been slashed to 12 after Unite agreed a number of cost-cutting measures.

Duplo lauds best three months of sales in company's history

Finishing equipment manufacturer Duplo has said that the past three months have been the best in the company's history.

Kerala Master Printers Association announces its office bearers

At the 32nd annual general body meeting of the Kerala Master Printers Association (KMPA) held on 24 July, the association announced the new office bearers for 2010-2012.

Friedheim in UK Bograma launch

Friedheim International has launched the Ipex-previewed Bograma BSR 550 Servo rotary punch in the UK and in Ireland.

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Melville invests 500,000 to bring beauty to shell-scheme graphics

Exhibition services specialist Melville Graphics has invested 500,000 in moving into direct-to-substrate wide-format production.

Schawk posts doubled profits for Q2 2010

Schawk has said it doubled its pre-tax profit in the second quarter as the recovery took hold in the packaging sector, leading to increased client activity.