News

IBM is introducing three new machines headed by the Infoprint 6700 R40, a radio-frequency identification printer.

Is this the industry wedding of the year? Mark Nixon and Maria Machera pucker up for a Greek Orthodox wedding on the island of Hydra before enjoying a clifftop reception overlooking the Aegean Sea.

Polestar has revealed plans to close its loss-making Purnell gravure plant in Paulton, near Bristol, ending more than 160 years of printing at the firm with the loss of more than 400 jobs.

Easdale Labels in Leeds has formed the umbrella name Reflex Labels for itself and its sister firms, as part of a tidying-up exercise.

Hull-based Harlands Labels has been bought by the Clondalkin Group to support its growth plans in the UK and Europe.

Xerox has no reason to be concerned by Kodaks acquisition of Creo, according to European president Armando Zagalo De Lima.

Global Graphics has updated its Jaws RIP to improve portability, flexibility and reliability.

Inveresk will close its Carrongrove mill in November this year with the loss of 150 jobs.

EFI has secured a significant software contract with print giant RR Donnelley.

ArjoWiggins Stowford mill at Ivybridge in Devon has become the second mill within the group to attain Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification.

Stehlin Hostag has entered the UK flexo ink market with its Gecko range, and will open a dedicated flexo service centre.

KBA has demonstrated the first multi-tower installation of its waterless compact Cortina newspaper press at an open house in Holland.

American academics have launched a project to develop a new standard for soft proofing, saying that current checks are outdated, inaccurate and subjective.

A cruising supplement for the Daily Telegraph has been printed by West Ferry.

Qrotek Systems has become the exclusive UK agency for the JC Graphic range of pile turners and sold the first of the Danish firms machines into the UK.