Print buying

Océ and TIS awarded 17.5m Aegon contract
Océ has partnered with enterprise content management provider Top Image Systems (TIS) to win a 3.5m-a-year print management contract for life insurance provider Aegon.

Favini adds papers to Majestics range
Favini has added Satin coated papers to the Metallics line of its Majestics fine paper range, which is aimed at design and print companies.

WARC downgrades global advertising spend forecast
Advertising data research service WARC has scaled down earlier predictions for global ad spend growth in 2012 and 2013 to 4.3% and 4% respectively.

Gemini operating profit soars more than 150%
Gemini Group's operating profit rose more than 150% in the year to 30 June 2012 following the management reorganisation and restructuring of the previous year.

Blue Buffalo wins Bupa print tender contract
Print procurement consultancy Blue Buffalo has been awarded the contract to tender the print of UK healthcare giant Bupa, a long-standing client of print management company RR Donnelley GDS.

InnerWorkings predicts managed print growth in 2013
InnerWorkings CEO Eric Belcher has predicted growth for the company's managed print services in the year ahead as more large corporations look for a single vendor to handle their global brand and...

Goodhead Group creditors fret over potential pre-pack
Goodhead Group creditors have expressed alarm about the potential pre-pack sale of the group, with the situation still unresolved at the time of writing.

James Cropper boosts profits despite falling paper sales
Paper manufacturer James Cropper has recorded a double digit increase in its operating profit for the first half of 2012 despite falling sales in its speciality paper business.

Paperlinx to streamline sales operations across merchanting divisions
Paperlinx UK is to centralise its "face to market" across its commercial print operations in a move that could prove to be its first step in consolidating Howard Smith, PaperCo and Robert Horne into...

RCS secures B2 inkjet world first with 1.2m spend
UK-based trade and commercial printer RCS has secured a B2 sheetfed inkjet world first as part of its strategy to be at the "bleeding edge" of new technology.