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Manchester direct and transactional mail house K2 has expanded its sales team to 10 in a bid to increase its profile and bolster its Link2 and Kritikal divisions.

Label and packaging firm Leading Edge is opening a 3m fresh produce label factory in Peterborough.

Esko-Graphics (E-G) is being split up by its owner Kirkbi, which has sold the firms packaging wing to Danish private equity firm Axcel.

UK printers have reacted with dismay to paper merchants plans to raise coated and uncoated paper (pictured) prices by up to 9%.

Packaging group British Polythene Industries is stepping up its hunt for acquisitions as the increased cost of raw materials and polymer make conditions increasingly difficult for its rivals.

Butler and Tanner (B&T) is close to finalising a financial restructure, which it says will secure its future and fund more investment.

Danwood Group has appointed Marian Thomasson as group marketing manager. She will report to group marketing director Graham Reeve.

Sheffield printer ProCo has made Jeremy Welch account manager and Nicola Renton sales manager of direct-marketing services. Welch used to work for McCann Erickson and Renton joined from Halcyon...

Production staffing needs in the UK regional press grew by almost a third in 2004, according to new figures from the Newspaper Society.

Printhaus will be the first UK printer to install a press with KBAs innovative no sidelay technology.

Esko-Graphics (E-G) is being split up by its owner Kirkbi, which has sold the firms packaging wing to Danish private equity firm Axcel.

TNT Mail UK has won a 50m item three-year contract with npower, to handle the energy giants postal requirements.

Digital kit supplier Imagistics has secured a presence in the north west of England by acquiring BEC Digital.

Print management firm etrinsic has extended its deal with EDF Energy to cover marketing and direct mail print.

Sector Skills Council ProSkills is to officially launch in November as it moves into new offices and takes on full-time staff.