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MPS hosts open house to spotlight EB label press
Dutch label and packaging press specialist MPS Systems has announced an open house event to showcase the capabilities of its EB flexo press at its UK sales and service office in Wigan.

233 jobs lost as adminstrators close Aylesford
Unite has reacted angrily after administrators moved in to Aylesford Newsprint yesterday and immediately closed the mill and made 233 staff redundant.

Mailmate boosts mailing firepower with Jersey Post deal
Mailmate Print has acquired the print and mailing division of Jersey Post and relocated the operation in a circa £300,000 strategic investment.

Aylesford Newsprint set to appoint administrator
Aylesford Newsprint is poised to be placed into administration, putting 300 jobs at risk and potentially halving the UK’s newsprint capacity.

Xeikon launches 9800 printer at Hunkeler Innovationdays
Xeikon has unveiled its new dry toner-based digital colour press, the Xeikon 9800, at Hunkeler Innovationdays, which is being held this week in Lucerne, Switzerland.

PEFC endorses CPI poll packaging findings
The PEFC has welcomed the results of a Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) commissioned YouGov poll, which revealed that UK consumers prefer their groceries and fresh produce to be available in...

Overmatter: just deserts
Overmatter loves a good cause. Pensord Press managing director Darren Coxon has billed his upcoming charitable adventure, somewhat harshly, as “an overweight bloke in the desert followed by vultures”....

Q&A: Patsy Taylor Sales account manager, Emtone Print
Hot on the heels of the special feature in our last issue about family-run print firms, we have a new joiner at family-owned Emtone Print in Bath. It’s Patsy’s first year in print, no less.

Bringing post-press depts up to speed
There’s an apocryphal, but believable, story of an early Indigo press user sending a 100-copy job to a trade finisher, who duly phoned up the next day and said “Right, we’ve set up on the overs, can...

Star product: Bodoni pressSign V6
Software designed to manage press performance across multiple sites and devices.