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SFX front cover goes 3D for Doctor Who special
Future Publishing's monthly sci-fi magazine SFX, which is printed by William Gibbons, is celebrating the return of the Doctor Who television series by featuring the Time Lord in HD3D on its front...
Fourth-quarter GDP revised upwards as manufacturing outpaces growth
British GDP increased by 0.3% in the fourth quarter of 2009, revised up from an initial estimate in January of 0.1%, with manufacturing output rising 0.8%.
Reader's Digest administrator reports 'significant interest' in UK business
The administrator for the UK arm of Reader's Digest said there has been "significant interest" from potential suitors for the business, but would not be drawn on when a possible deal could be...
Alcan Composites switches UK distributors
Alcan Composites has moved to a new distribution model in the UK and is dropping Robert Horne.
Manroland in talks to buy Wifag
Manroland is in discussions to buy Swiss newspaper press manufacturer Wifag.
Negotiations for national 2010/11 pay increases canned
The future of Partnership at Work (PAW), the bedrock national agreement on working conditions in the print industry, is hanging in the balance following the BPIF's withdrawal from annual pay...
Communisis buys UK's first HP T300 digital web press
Communisis is to install the UK's first HP T300 colour inkjet web press at its Leeds direct mail site.
CLE Group installs HP Indigo 7000 press
Commercial printer the CLE Group has become one of the UK's first companies to install an HP Indigo 7000 press.
Environmental award for LT Print Group
Commercial printer LT Print Group has boosted its environmental credentials by gaining ISO 14001 accreditation.
Newnorth turns Speedmaster into 'one-operator press' with pumped ink system buy
Commercial printer Newnorth Print has turned its Heidelberg Speedmaster into a "one-operator press" after installing a barrel-pumping system from Technotrans.
HighWater Designs restructures
HighWater Designs has restructured its sales and service organisation for a range of HighWater and Cron CTP systems and workflows.
100 jobs axed as Blackburns falls to administrators
Direct mail house Blackburns DMS has gone into administration just over a year after the previous incarnation of the business went into administration.
Graphic Arts Systems heralds energy-saving coater
Graphic Arts Systems has praised its latest coating equipment, which it claims uses "less power than a hair-dryer".
Portsmouth printer uneasy at FA's 'preferred' status for football creditors
A print boss in Portsmouth, whose firm was hit by the local football club's fall into administration, has said he has been left uneasy by the knowledge that creditors from the world of football will...
Repro India gets a Ventura sewing machine after successful EFI run
PrintWeek India - Muller Martini has executed Repro India's order for a Ventura MC sewing machine, by airlifting the machine to Repro's plant at Surat in Gujarat. The high speed machine, which is...