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Pims New York and Chicago operations have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but its UK operations remain unaffected.

Howitt has bought the former Vertis Leicester mailing site in Bardon and some ancillary assets of its print site from administrator UHY Hacker Young.

Screentec Print has moved into a new 4,800sqm premises in Ferrybridge and expanded its large-format printing services in a strategy to double its 3.5m turnover.

Amicus GPM Sector members have voted more than two-to-one in favour of the Amicus/BPIF Partnership at Work initiative.

Crystal Communications has printed the first book for children using MetalFX inks.

A bumper printing contract to produce a magazine with one of the biggest circulations in the UK is set to be awarded by publisher Condé Nast.

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has revealed his vision of the paperless future, claiming print will become virtually redundant within 10 years.

EPC Direct in Bristol is aiming to hit the 5m turnover mark after investing almost 2m in a 12-colour perfecting press and new CTP kit.

Printers have raised concerns over what they deem to be the unfairness and worthlessness of third-party local authority supplier lists.

The Department for Transport (DfT) has established a four-year Recycled Printing Papers Framework to increase the use of recycled papers by UK central government and the public sector.

The Printing Industry Pension Scheme (PIPS) is to hold its first conference later this month.

A new regime at the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) could offer a ray of hope over the controversial magazine distribution proposals.

Prima Paper has launched a mobile web-trimming and in-house web-dividing service, which could benefit both printers and publishers.

The Robert Horne Group has become one of the first major paper merchants to join the WWF-UK Forest & Trade Network (FTN).

Leeds City Council has won an IT excellence award for its use of Digital Pen & Paper technology, which the council estimates could save it 1.2m over the next two years.