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Vodafone has reverted to in-house print buying following an internal re-organisation and has ended its print management contract with The Print Factory.

Axel Springer, and Bertelsmann-owned Gruner+Jahr and Arvato have signed a letter of intent to merge their gravure printing operations.

Antalis has become the latest merchant to announce price increases, which will take effect in October.

Communisis Gatesheads 144-strong workforce is under threat as a result of continuing losses at the business.

Elliott Baxter has made its second acquisition this year, with the purchase of fellow independent paper merchant HV Beever.

Macfarlane Groups first half results showed signs of the major improvement it promised at the start of the year.

John Monks, chief executive of MY Holdings, is to retire at the end of the year and aimed a parting shot at the "negative attitude" of packaging users.

B&B Press has installed two Sakurai presses, and is looking at further investment in digital technology.

ArjoWiggins has announced new products, extensions and colours to its Curious Collection range of specialist text and cover papers.

The Sunderland Echo has moved all its titles to CTP as part of a 5m pre-press and presshall investment.

Xaar has signed an initiative with US industrial ink-jet firm, imaging Technology international (iTi) to open up the development of high-speed digital web printing applications for its print heads.

Map Merchant Group has become the first merchant to confirm paper price rises.

Boxstar, a new packaging group, has been formed by a management buyout of Polestar's packaging and labels firms.

The battle for West Ferry has ended in a truce after Richard Desmond announced that he would not try to buy out the Telegraph Groups 50% share of the print business.

The Telegraph Group could move its print operations to a greenfield site when its contract at West Ferry runs out.