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Titanium dioxide is used in a wide range of products. Image: TDMA

Consternation over EU titanium dioxide classification

The British Coatings Federation (BCF) has urged the printing industry “not to be alarmed” by a new EU classification of titanium dioxide as a suspected carcinogen.

Ulrich Hermann will officially step down at the firm’s financial year-end in March

Heidelberg board down to two after another departure

Heidelberg has announced the shock departure of its ‘digital transformation’ evangelist Dr Ulrich Hermann, with the firm’s management board reduced to just two people as a result.

The Mohr D66 provides cutting widths of 670mm

Design4Print upgrades bindery with Morgana spend

Design4Print has updated its bindery after taking on a new Mohr D66 guillotine and KB2000S perfect binder from Morgana.

The Oberon RTR3300 can take two 1.6m-wide rolls to double capacity

Agfa to bring latest RTR wide-format tech to Fespa 2020

Agfa is to demo its new Oberon RTR3300 large-format roll-to-roll printer at Fespa 2020.

Marsh: "I have thoroughly enjoyed every minute I have spent with DS Smith"

DS Smith CFO to move on

DS Smith chief financial officer Adrian Marsh is set to leave the group to take on the same role at bookmaker William Hill.

Calder Screenprint was badly hit by Storm Ciara

Printers hit by storm double whammy

Printers across the country are in recovery mode after feeling the impact of the two storms that have wreaked havoc across the UK over the past two weeks.

Cowells Arrow team with the new Screen setup

Full house as Cowells Arrow doubles up with Screen

Cowells Arrow has more than doubled its digital printing capacity with the installation of a duplex Screen inkjet web presses.

Talbot: "The industry is on the edge of a sea change"

Signracer reseller takes on industry veteran to fuel further growth

Wide-format specialist supplier Nth Degree Imaging (NDI) has taken on industry veteran Tony Talbot in the newly appointed role of commercial and marketing director.

The women’s weeklies sector dropped by 12% in the period

News titles prosper amid gloomy magazine ABCs

A raft of news, politics and specialist titles have bucked the general downward trend in the latest Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) consumer magazine reports.

Coronavirus: sales of some protective products have rocketed

Coronavirus hits PPE supplies

Printers have been warned to keep a close eye on their stocks of personal protective equipment (PPE) with the coronavirus outbreak causing a global spike in demand for certain products.