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Genie Printing moves to bigger premises
Genie Printing & Mailing has moved to a new location on the edge of the city centre after outgrowing its former premises.

NXP expands following HP investment
NXP Europe has taken on five additional staff and is looking to move into larger premises following its investment in three new HP wide format printers at the end of last year.

Cestrian Imaging invests in DirectSmile Cross Media
Cestrian Imaging has invested in DirectSmile's Cross Media web-to-print software to allow it produce and measure personalised, multi-channel marketing campaigns.

Overmatter: Googly hats
We’ve had [letterpress] printers and their cats, now, thanks to Google we have printers in hats.

Historic Arber presses saved from the scrapyard
Five letterpress machines from the historic ‘print time capsule’ WF Arber & Co have been saved after a PrintWeek reader saw the article earlier this month.

Evans joins Evans at PCP
Nick Evans has joined Telford’s Precision Colour Printing as commercial manager.

BPIF Outlook survey reveals price wars still a key concern
The BPIF has released its latest Printing Outlook study of the health of the industry in Q4 2013, showing that though confidence and demand is at its highest level for several years, low pricing and...

Paperlinx losses fall by a third, but group revises full year profitability prediction
Paperlinx has published its half-year results, which show that the paper merchanting group’s restructuring efforts are continuing to bear fruit albeit at a slower pace than it had hoped.

Unite launches strike ballot for packaging members
Unite the Union has opened a ballot for strike action among its members from the corrugated packaging industry in a dispute over pay.

Horner Brothers boosts digital output with Xerox
Horner Brothers Print Group, which was bought out of administration by Paragon UK last year, has installed a new iGen4 to expand its digital capacity.

Treasury stumps up funds for contaminated print site
The government has confirmed that it will provide £255,000 towards the clean-up costs on the former site of a Victorian printworks.

Wallace Print Group eyes growth in 2014
Kent-based printer Wallace Print is looking to bolster a year of investment in 2013 with further expansion and new equipment in 2014.

Antalis UK collaborates with Stephens & George for internships
Paper distributor Antalis UK has launched a new internship programme in collaboration with The Stephens & George Centenary Charitable Trust.

Benson Group acquired for £100m
UK food and healthcare packaging firm Benson Group has been acquired by Graphic Packaging, 15 months after the US giant bought Contego Packaging’s UK and European food and drink carton operations.

Diet publisher's administration could leave sour taste
Printers appear likely to be among the major creditors of diet guru Rosemary Conley’s publishing business, which has been placed into administration.