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Alcan Packagings purchase of Parksides Polish operation has been completed for an undisclosed sum.

Virgin Group has handed a contract to Polestar Applied Solutions to install an internet-based print e-procurement system.

Scottish quick print chain The Ink Shop has been delighted with the response to its latest outlet launched last month a mobile shop called The Ink Truck.

Sheffield-based ProCo has produced 150,000 postal ballot packs for todays General Election, but has said that it cannot be treated as a commercial job.

Papyrus will become the second-largest paper merchant in Europe, behind PaperlinX, when its 306m (E450m) deal to acquire German paper merchanting group Schneidershne is completed.

Hewlett-Packard is in the midst of a massive transformation of its Imaging & Printing division under Vyomesh Joshi, according to press reports.

CEPE, the European Council of Paint, Printing Ink and Artists Colours Industry, has labelled industry research into the impact of the EUs proposed REACH legislation as too soft.

The Conservative Party has unveiled what is believed to be the biggest lenticular poster ever produced.

Pitney Bowes has launched its Comet Series Inserter targeting the medium- to high-volume mail market.

Barry Hibbert has predicted that the UK will take top spot as Europes biggest producer of print within the next five years, and has urged the government to help UK Print plc maintain its competitive...

New Jarrold Printing rubber-stamped its order for a second 64pp KBA web last week.

Creo has gone into the red, making a loss in the second quarter.

Production at St Ives Caerphilly will cease over the next eight weeks.

Etrinsic is aiming to break into the top five UK print management firms after changing hands in a management buy-out.

The European Commission has given the green light to the merger between German gravure giants Axel Springer, Arvato and Gruner+Jahr.