News

European and North American Paper manufacturers will soon be able to buy pulp in the form of futures trading, at the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) from early next year.

Polestar has produced the biggest-ever edition of Cosmopolitan, a doorstop tome weighing in at no less than 416pp.

Chelsea-based Moonpig has linked up with two Australian digital printers as it expands its personalised greetings card business.

Former Communisis business development director Tony Massey has joined rival print management firm HH Associates as sales director.

Clarkeprint has bought the UKs first Sakurai OL 75SD, the firms much heralded B2 Drupa launch.

Hydro-Dynamic Products (HDP) has launched a range of pressroom chemicals aimed at printers who are looking to go green with their production process.

Printers are increasingly recognising that planned maintenance brings tangible business benefits, according to the preliminary findings of a study by Vision in Print (ViP).

Wace in Swindon has been bought out of administration by Ringdark, an acquisition vehicle fronted by former Communic8 general manager Geoff Hughes

Former Polestar directors David Holland and Peter Clark have teamed up on a new venture Printing Industry Expert Solutions, or PIES.

Quark is to stop charging for English-language technical support for QuarkXPress from next week.

The PPA has won ground over the Royal Mails plan for size-based pricing.

The administrators for Grasmere Press are to sell off its business forms printing equipment, after failing to find a buyer for the firm.

High street franchise chain Printing.com has reached the landmark figure of 100 franchise outlets.

Belgian electronics group Punch International has revealed plans to float its graphics divisions on the Alternative Investment Market by next summer.

More than 1bn is being ploughed into re-equipping the UK printing industry, even though the PrintWeek Top 500, published today, reveals that margins overall remain miserably low.