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"Print is a fantastic media and needs to be taken to the people as the creators have conceived it," says Piyush Pandey, of Ogilvy & Mather. Pandey joined Ogilvy in 1982.

Direct mail printer 4DM has performed an about-face on its 2007 MBO, following the return to full-time action of chief executive Charles Grant-Salmon and co-owner Les Ritchie.

Dsicmm has been bought by the US parent of DST Output, DST Systems, and will now be merged with DST's UK print and mailing operation to form a new company.

Johnsons of Nantwich has made its debut into the perfect-binding arena after investing in a Eurobind 600 perfect binder and a TH56 fully automated folder from Heidelberg.

A 23% drop in income to 6m in the BPIF's trading company, as well as costs incurred reducing headcount by 20%, plunged the organisation into the red for 2009, with a pre-tax loss of 350,000 - down...

Amari Plastics has continued its push into the wide-format market following its acquisition of Berkshire-based kit supplier Graphic Printing Technologies (GPT).

Disaster recovery specialist Business Continuity has taken on BemroseBooth's print and mail work with Home Retail Group, which owns Homebase and Argos, following Bemrose's fall into administration.

Commercial printer Vale Press has targeted more complicated pharmaceutical work after installing a TH 56 Stahlfolder from Heidelberg.

Polestar has cut its pre-tax loss by almost 70% in its consolidated full year accounts, as the benefits of its 2008 debt-for-equity swap take effect.

BPIF members have voted almost unanimously to exclude pre-packs from membership of the federation.

Print and design house Technik has invested in an HP Indigo 5500 colour press to allow the company to print at a higher quality on a broader range of substrates.

Color-Logic has launched Metallic Design Suite to enable designers to create jobs for its process metallic colour system.

Eclipse Colour Print has invested in an MIS from software developer Technique to connect the multiple systems it currently uses.