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SolPrint owner acquired by ISP

Internet service provider Iteba has taken over Future Solutions (Systems), the supplier of the SolPrint MIS

58k Europe poised for merger with peer

58k.coms European operation is poised to merge with "a company in the same field"

Hibbert takes Polestar CEO job

Barry Hibbert is sensationally returning to Polestar as group chief executive.

Omnia wins major film book contract

Omnia Books has secured the 150,000-run contract, through HarperCollins Publishing, to print the movie tie-in version of the JRR Tolkien classic, <i>The Lord of the Rings</i>

Trafford's recruitment drive

The Trafford Press Group is calling for a national forum to address the issue of recruitment in the industry

Croft hopes for quick return to work after fire

Croft (Printers & Bookbinders) has vowed to get business back to normal as quickly as possible after a fire damaged its two-storey premises in south-east London

DisplayCraft to move into new site at Crayford

St Ives Direct has finalised the new site for DisplayCraft after a lengthy search

Colophon talks with creditors

A meeting of creditors will take place today (20 July) at Colophon Design & Print, the east London-based financial and retail printer

Staff vote cancels strikes at ET Heron

ET Heron gained a last-minute reprieve from two 12-hour bindery strikes scheduled for this week after the bindery class two chapel voted narrowly against taking action

IP temporarily shuts down Inverurie PM3

International Paper (IP) is to shut down PM3 for four to five days at its Inverurie mill in Scotland to balance capacity with demand, but the company has confirmed that the mill is still an integral...

Kodak loss but KPG is in profit

Kodak Polychrome Graphics bucked the overall trend by making a positive second-quarter earnings contribution to Kodak, which suffered from sales and profits falls

Midlands looks at Beshara buy

Midlands Publishing Group has reached heads of agreement to buy Beshara Press, the commercial printer with sites in Tewkesbury and Nottingham

BPIF search yields new chief executive

After an "exhaustive" search the BPIF has found its new chief executive

"Change catalyst" buys up 27% of JP

The Jarvis Porter saga took a new twist this week after an investment company suddenly swooped to take a near 30% stake in the group

Tech-ni-Fold signs one-year deal with Heidelberg

Tech-ni-Fold has signed a one-year agreement with Heidelberg, which will promote the companys Tri-Creaser device worldwide through its global sales infrastructure