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Print Academy is on drawing board

Plans for a Print Academy, an umbrella body to improve the long-term profitability and productivity of the print industry, are on the drawing board. It follows similar government-backed initiatives in...

Gray outlines ViPs advice for managers

Vision in Print chief executive Richard Gray outlined the organisations Route Map to Productivity at last weeks third annual conference.

WRAP pushes recycled mags

A new research project by the Waste Resources Action Programme (WRAP) is aiming to increase the amount of recycled paper used in magazine production.

Walking tours map out prints past in London

Print enthusiasts will soon have a new way to enjoy a day out in the capital, with the launch of walking tours on the history of typography and printing in the City of London.

Impression Print re-equips

Impression Print & Design is on the verge of completing a complete Heidelberg overhaul at its Lisburn, County Antrim premises.

LEA plumps for digital printing and pre-press

LEA Printers in Orpington, Kent has moved into digital printing and violet CTP with a major investment in Fuji and Indigo kit.

Radio Times features multi-covers for Live8

Bob Geldof and eight other pop acts performing for Live8 feature on this weeks issue of the Radio Times. Printed by Polestar Petty in Leeds, the other covers show Coldplay, Paul McCartney, Joss Stone,...

Associated hands Cerutti press deal

Associated Newspapers has handed Cerutti its first UK newspaper deal as part of its 96m flexo investment to take the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday to full-colour by 2008.

Excelsior buys Flexible assets

Flint-based Excelsior Technologies has bought the assets of Flexible Vision to increase its gravure packaging print quality and capacity.

Baber elevated to top Kodak GS&S UK post

Terry Baber has secured the top job in Kodaks UK printing business.

Results testify to testing time at Communisis

Difficult market conditions and the cost of European expansion have pegged Communisis first-half operating profit to last years figure of 8m.

Trade bodies lambast OFT magazine proposals

Two other trade bodies have criticised the OFT proposals for magazine and newspaper distribution with one branding them as disastrous.

Future of Arjos Fort William op still in balance

Talks on the future of ArjoWiggins Fort William are to continue, following a number of constructive meetings between Scottish Executive officials and management.

MAN Roland extends support

MAN Roland GB now offers 24-hour service support after extending it to include full breakdown cover at weekends.

KBA forecasts further losses

KBA expects to make a loss for the first half of 2005, an extension of its first quarter loss previously described as a temporary glitch.