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Spandex expands film range
Consumables supplier Spandex has extended its ImagePerfect range of films.
KBA-Mdling celebrates 160th birthday
KBA-Mdling, the production business for KBA's sheetfed and security presses, has celebrated its 160th anniversary and appointed a new managing director.
Etrinsic aims to recruit 10,000 people to WWF's Earth Hour
Etrinsic, the Solihull-based print manager, is aiming to recruit 10,000 people to Earth Hour, WWF's global initiative to tackle climate change.
Digidist to clear up Uniform inks 'confusion' after securing rights from B&P
Exclusive UK and Ireland rights to the inks previously sold under the B&P Lightbrigade Group's Uniform brand have now been granted to specialist large-format distributor Digidist.
HP launches new digital label press to compete with flexographic
HP has launched its latest digital label press, the HP Indigo WS6000, which it claims can handle up to 80% of jobs printed on traditional flexographic presses while also cutting time to market.
Goss in consultation to cut third of UK workforce
Press manufacturing giant Goss has entered into a consultation to cut at least a third of its UK workforce, it has emerged.
Fujitsu colour e-book reader gets mixed reaction
The march of the e-book stumbled forward last week when Japanese electronics company Fujitsu unveiled the world's first colour reader device, to mixed responses.
H Bauer toasts soft-proofing breakthrough with mag launch
H Bauer is celebrating a shift to soft proofing after using recently installed ICS Remote Director for the production of new cookery magazine <i>Eat In</i>.
JCDecaux gears up for Olympics boom with new London division
JCDecaux will continue to "change the landscape in print" after capping 10 years of investment in the capital by launching a new division, JCDecaux London.
Print managers will benefit from recession, sector leaders claim
The recession is pushing more print buying work into the hands of print managers, with the heaviest focus on cost reduction rather than other added-value services, according to sector leaders.
Polestar to cut 90 jobs at Newspac and Sheffield
Polestar is set to shed around 90 jobs with the planned closure of its Worcestershire-based polybagging facility Newspac and a reduction in finishing staff at its flagship gravure site in Sheffield.
Print buyers respond to proposed 'greenwashing' label
Print buyers have given mixed blessings to calls for a universal environmental labelling scheme designed to prevent "greenwashing".
Leycol moves to chemistry-free with Avalon platesetter
Leycol Printers has boosted efficiency across its CTP set-up after investing in an Agfa Avalon platesetter.
PrintWeek survey reveals divide in printers' environmental concerns
Small printers have far fewer plans in place than larger businesses to improve their environmental credentials, according to <i>PrintWeek</i>'s first environmental survey, which comes out this Friday.
Blue bows out of Burlington bid
East-London commercial printer Blue Print Company has said that it does not expect to buy failed Cambridge printer Burlington Press.