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TPF manufacturing business sold to former management
The remaining print manufacturing business of The Print Factory London (1991) has been bought out of administration by a team led by former senior operations manager Andrew Parker and senior sales...

Bauer's Grazia mag receives 3D augmented reality makeover
Bauer Media's Grazia magazine has introduced an augmented reality issue this week.

Chesapeake claims UK's most sophisticated folder
Chesapeake Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Packaging has installed what it claims is the UK's most sophisticated folder.

Colourstream's bindery spend aids move into colour book production
Colourstream has moved into digital colour book production with a Horizon BQ-470 perfect binder from Intelligent Finishing Systems.
BPC adds section saddlestitching with Heidelberg investment
The Bayliss Printing Company (BPC) has moved into section saddlestitching with the purchase of a Stitchmaster ST 400 from Heidelberg.
Azimuth 'saves fortune' with Kocher + Beck buy
Web-to-print company Azimuth Print said its inline die-cutting system from Kocher + Beck has "saved it a fortune" and secured new work.

London borough brings work in-house with KAS creaser
The London Borough of Newham has bought a KAS Crease Matic Auto 50 high-speed SRA2 suction-fed fully programmable card creaser from Ashgate Automation.
CPI William Clowes takes on staff from failed finisher
CPI William Clowes has stepped in to offer jobs to six staff made redundant by nearby company Riverside Print Finishers (RPF).

Cumbrian Newspapers sticks with Garnett Dickinson for mag work
Cumbrian Newspapers (CN Group) has renewed its contract with Garnett Dickinson to print three lifestyle magazines in a deal worth around 500,000 over two years.

TMG returns to profit in 2009
Telegraph Media Group (TMG) has recorded a return to profit in 2009, after losing 15.7m the previous year.

Economy set for 'sluggish' recovery throughout 2010
The economic recovery will remain "slow and sluggish" throughout this year and into the middle of 2011, according to the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).
Fujifilm UK combines Graphic Systems and Sericol sales teams
Fujifilm will integrate Sericol's UK sales team with that of Graphic Systems from the 1 April as part of a broader global plan to consolidate its sales organisation.
KBA claims new dryers halve power consumption
KBA has announced a new VariDry Blue infrared/hot air dryer for its range of large-format Rapida presses.

UPDATE: WHP Newbury to be liquidated
WHP Newbury is to be liquidated with all 58 staff made redundant after the company was left with "insufficient cash with which to operate".
COI to renew press production framework
The Central Office of Information (COI) is set to renew its framework roster for press production services, worth up to 1m per annum.