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Tim Gittings, sales director at AJS Labels, passed away last week after a long battle with cancer.

Print Efficiently organisers have announced that the fifth running of the annual event will take place from 6-8 and 20-22 October 2015.

MIS developer Shuttleworth will show off the latest advances in its integrated MIS package at Packaging Innovations 2015, which will take place at Birmingham’s NEC on 25 and 26 February.

Exhibition and event project management specialist Rocket Graphics has bought a third JV33-160 to boost its capacity and help it complete a prestigious US print contract.

Sappi Europe has appointed Thomas Kratochwill as the new sales and marketing director for its Speciality Papers division.

Grafenia is offering £50,000 worth of grants to SMEs looking to develop their online presence through its new cross-media franchise, Nettl.

Heidelberg has said its purchase of Belgian consumables business BluePrint Products earlier this month is just the start of a "more ambitious phase" of acquisition-led expansion.

UK-based substrates manufacturer Innovia Group has appointed Mark Robertshaw as its new group chief executive.

Content marketing agency The River Group has upped the run length of Holland & Barrett's customer magazine by 30% as it prepares to roll the title out to newsstands nationwide next month.

Stewart Signs has installed a pair of 2.5m-wide Zünd G3 digital cutting tables to handle the increasing variety of vehicle graphics it produces for clients.