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Johnson to move from Simpson Group to Creo

Former Simpson Group sales director Neil Johnson is on gardening leave prior to a move to Creo Retail Marketing.

Colour management expert responds to webcast questions

Following last month's successful printweek.com Colour Management: Success in Practice webcast, Paul Sherfield, of the Missing Horse consultancy, answers the questions that we didn't get around to...

Springfield Solutions expands digital offering with further HP investment

Springfield Solutions has set its sights on "pushing ahead" with digital in 2010 after investing in an HP Indigo WS6000.

Tenon Recovery report voted story of the decade

Printers have voted a report by Tenon Recovery which claimed 90% of print businesses were at risk of collapse as the top PrintWeek story of the decade.

Fourth Duplo install for New Perspective

Digital printer New Perspective has installed its fourth DC-645 to become the biggest UK user of the Duplo finishing machine.

Redundancies made at GAE

Eighteen staff at failed finishing equipment supplier Graphic Arts Equipment (GAE) have been made redundant, PrintWeek has learned.

Reed Elsevier to sell US trade magazines: reports

Anglo-Dutch publishing giant Reed Elsevier is in talks to dispose of a portfolio of loss-making US trade magazines, according to reports.

Centurfax and Ripware partnership returns with EasyDot launch

Centurfax and Ripware, the companies that launched the CCDot plate reading device, have rekindled their partnership with the introduction of EasyDot, a next-generation handheld plate reader.

Interest rates stay at 0.5% for 11th month

The Bank of England (BoE) has kept interest rates on hold for the 11th consecutive month as the fragile economic recovery continues to supersede inflationary fears.

90 jobs at risk as Harmsworth proposes site closure

Newspaper printer Harmsworth Printing has confirmed it is in consultation over the closure of its Plymouth printing plant.

Woodwing and Celum sign partnership deal

Woodwing Software has formed a strategic partnership with Celum in order to offer integrated cross-media publishing and Digital Asset Management (DAM) systems to their clients.

Scotia saves 5k as PlateRite 4300E buy brings platemaking in-house

Scotia Press has brought its platemaking in-house with the installation of a Screen PlateRite 4300E.

Publishing Expo launch for PCS

Claverley Group subsidiary Press Computer Systems (PCS) will launch its new content management and publishing system, Knowledge, at Publishing Expo 2010 in February.

Express KCS increases data capacity

Express KCS has said it is set to boost its data-hosting capacity in the UK and the US following "significant growth in client numbers and volume of work".

Qwikprint switches to Suprasetter A52 CTP

Qwikprint has switched from a Presstek polyester CTP system to a Heidelberg Suprasetter A52, as a result of its desire to reduce its chemical waste.