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KitKat is latest brand to embrace personalisation trend
KitKat is set to give away more than 55,000 printed personalised packs featuring photos and names of competition-winners.

Print 2 Finish event kicking off in Leeds next week
A new industry event, headed up by Morgana Systems, Vivid Laminating Technologies and Konica Minolta, will take place next week.

Xaar appoints new CFO
Xaar has appointed Lily Liu as its chief financial officer, replacing the outgoing Alex Bevis.

Custom Gateway signs up to PrintWeekLive!
Cloud-based software platform provider Custom Gateway has taken a stand at the inaugural PrintWeekLive! show in March.

Headley Brothers put up for sale
Long-established family-owned magazine printer Headley Brothers has been put up for sale and has filed for protection from its creditors while the sale process is executed.

Garnett Dickinson sold out of administration
Nick Alexander has thrown in the towel at Garnett Dickinson and the web offset printer has been sold in a pre-pack deal.

Alexander speaks out on GD sale
Nick Alexander, the former owner of Garnett Dickinson Print, has spoken out about the reasons behind the pre-pack sale of the business.

Rivals add Daily Mail print work to rosters
Johnston Press and News UK have taken on a chunk of DMG Media’s print work, which will see the rival publishers handle production of The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday.

GMG considering outsourcing its printing
Guardian Media Group (GMG) is considering outsourcing its printing and potentially becoming a tabloid as one of a series of cost-cutting measures.

Apex and IFS to hold third Real Print and Finish event
Apex Digital Graphics and Intelligent Finishing Systems (IFS) are set to team up once again for the third Real Print and Finish open house.