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Inc Direct has topped a recent million-pound kit investment with a 1.3m order on the eve of Ipex for an array of digital and finishing kit including two Xerox iGen4 digital presses.

It was a massive show of strength, a thing which has become synonymous with Parksons Packaging. The Pantnagar expansion in March - heralded the company's move into the North Indian market.

Finishing and mailing equipment manufacturer Pitney Bowes has launched four inserting lines at Ipex.

Creditors of B1 magazine printer Piggott Black Bear (Cambridge) (PBB) are facing more uncertainty after it emerged that Celinco, the company that bought PBB's assets, is set to be liquidated.

Unite has announced its second 24-hour strike at Newsquest Glasgow, with a 48-hour strike expected at a later date.

Flexo trade platemaker Waldo has taken delivery of the UK's first Star Proof and Epson Stylus Pro WT7900 proofing system.

The election of the UK's first coalition government since 1945 has been met with a mixture of optimism and scepticism by the print industry.

Michael Mann, international production and pre-press manager at The Economist, has left the publisher after 22 years at the group.

Stanley Sidders, a third generation of family-owned London printer Samuel Sidders & Son, passed away last week, aged 83.

IPC's Wallpaper* magazine is to allow its readers to create a personalised cover for the 'handmade' theme of its August issue, using an online design application.

Metloc Printers creative director Stephen Metcalfe has become one of the UK's first SME printers to be elected to Parliament.

G&H Group subsidiary G&H Web Offset has been put into administration after what it described as two "extremely tough" years.