Print buying
Print industry news roundup: Paperlinx, BGP, Arjowiggins, S&G, Metsa Board, Whittington Press
Stay up to date with your procurement supply chain thanks to print industry news at your fingertips. This week: Paperlinx management reshuffle continues; Arjowiggins to balance UK recycled supply...

Kindle book sales surpass print at Amazon.co.uk
E-books are outselling printed books in the UK at Amazon just two years after it introduced the Kindle in this country.

Me & my: Xeikon 3300
Having acquired a taste for Xeikons, not to mention the toner, Mercian Labels is using its latest press to push the boundaries of label print

Tipa launches 100% biodegradable flexible packaging film
Tipa, an Israeli start-up focussed on the development of green packaging, has announced a 100% biodegradable, multi-layered film designed to produce liquid-carrying pouches.

Royal Mail sets out proposed changes to reversion charges
Royal Mail has outlined a series of proposals which it hopes will quell an industry backlash over its sudden increase in reversion charges.

Semper Q2 commercial print survey shows ebbing optimism
A drop in orders in late June and early July cast a dampener on the outlook for US commercial printers, with nearly half reporting a negative view of Q3, according to the latest Semper International...

FT Group and Penguin experience digital growth
Online demand for FT Group has exceeded print for the first time while nearly a fifth of Penguin's revenues are represented by e-book sales according to Pearson's 2012 interim report.

The Times launches digital out of home campaign
The Times has tied with digital production company Grand Visual to showcase its latest news headlines with a digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising campaign.

Details of mammoth Olympic print project revealed
Haymarket Network, the customer publishing arm of PrintWeek publisher Haymarket, has revealed details of one of the largest UK magazine projects ever undertaken.

Southernprint to produce Hello Kitty magazine for Egmont
Egmont Publishing Group has signed a deal with Wyndeham Group subsidiary Southernprint after it won the first UK publishing contract for <i>Hello Kitty</i> magazine.