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EFI has completed its acquisition of Printcafe and reported a sharp rise in third-quarter profits.

Polestar chief executive Barry Hibbert has returned to his former employer, httprint, to buy its eCommerce business, while an MBO team led by managing director Rob North has bought the firms print...

UK magazine printing was dealt a blow this week with confirmation that Cond Nast is to take <i>Glamour</i> gravure meaning the UK edition will be printed on the continent from next year.

IPC production director Debbie Read was presented with the Chairmans Award and Haymarket Publishing founder Lord Heseltine received the Marcus Morris Award at the PPAs 90th anniversary dinner last...

Dennis Publishing claims the November issue of <i>Jack<i> is the first consumer magazine title to use blister packaging.

Alcan Packaging Cumbria has printed all the packaging for the new Nestl KitKat Kubes in one of the biggest confectionery launches of recent years.

St Ives and Germanys Gruner + Jahr are sharing the printing of the AAs new customer magazines.

HarperCollins has turned to Sigloch Buchbinderei in Blaufelden, Germany, to bind the new edition of <i>The Times Comprehensive Atlas</i> due to its size.

M-real Zanders is to relaunch its Ikono real art coated paper grade with new features including a special metallics range.

Heidelberg has started manufacturing the NexPress 2100 digital colour press at its US digital headquarters in Rochester, New York.

Scitex Digital Printing is recruiting new sales staff in preparation for the launch of a new product that it believes will massively expand its potential market.

Positive Focus has been appointed as UK distributor for XMPies personalisation software, PersonalEffect.

China has established itself as a major player in the wide-format market in the last two years, with less than 10% of its printers now imported from Western and Japanese manufacturers, a new report...

Colourgen, the wide-format printer distributor, has appointed Martin Shaw as its channel business manager for the south.

Newsquest (Midlands South), part of the Gannett Company, has become the latest regional newspaper publisher to make a major investment in new printing equipment.