Schawk's UK division has won an International Grand Prix Cyrel award, in the corrugated pre-print category, for its pre-media work on Swedish outdoor power tools manufacturer Hussqvarna's products.

Speculation is rife about who will head up Tag Worldwide following the imminent departure of chief executive Steve Parish and commercial director Richard Jameson.

Commercial print and design company Truprint Media has invested around £200,000 in a secondhand Komori L-528 five-colour B2 litho press and StudioRIP Workflow to increase its competitiveness.

Design Plus Plus in Karur has targetted China as one of the countries for export of tags. The company has exported five shipments in the recent past - each shipment comprises 250 kgs.

Advent International has confirmed that it is to become the new owner of Williams Lea Tag.

Uteco Converting, Ebeam Technologies and Inx Digital International have joined forces to develop a new digital packaging line for the mass-personalisation of food packaging.

Up to 35 pre-press staff face redundancy at Johnston Press Chesterfield site.

If Gartner is to be believed, 80% of marketers are set to abandon the use of personalisation over the next five years.

PDF Workflow has extended its pre-media product portfolio under its rebranded Adaptive name and announced its inclusion within the Crossroads community.

Tag has set up an inplant repro house at advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather.