News

Polestar Purnell's future is in the hands of its staff, following the talks between the print group's management and the GPMU (PrintWeek 4 March).

Ricoh has made a bid for the print-on-demand market with an agreement to acquire 100% of Hitachi Printing Solutions.

Lscher has launched the biggest flatbed digital printer yet, capable of printing a massive 3.5x3m area.

FE Burman managing director Michael Burman saw his new 74 Karat in progress when he visited KBAs Radebeul factory last week, as part of the pre-Drupa event attended by more than 100 UK printers.

IPC Media was the first publisher to snap up Polestars new self-adhesive label product Pagers, designed for promotional and advertising campaigns.

York & Ford Paper is no more following Merseyside merchant Paper 4 Prints purchase of the Manchester branch and the closure of the Leicester office.

TW Parker has become one of the first print and packaging companies in the UK to install Esko-Graphics Spark XT CDI flexo platesetter.

Direct mail specialist Howard Hunt Group is installing the UKs first EMC Conquest inserting system at its Dartford plant.

Creo has linked up with one of the largest plate manufacturers in China as part of its global plate plans.

Express Newspapers will hold talks with whoever ends up owning the <i>Telegraph</i> about its continued printing at West Ferry.

Paper manufacturers and merchants have called for the battle between certification schemes to end, and for one set of standards to be a common objective.

KBA previewed some of its Drupa sheetfed launches at a special customer open house event last week, where it also revealed the worlds first B1 press without sidelays.

PrintCity at Drupa will focus on the printer and their customer and it has created three new brands to convey its message.

Print Education Forum (PEF) chief executive Richard Beamish bowed out of the industry this week.

The National Association of Paper Merchants (NAPM) has established a training scheme for staff new to paper merchanting.