Print buying

Fans of print on paper flock to GF Smith event
GF Smith expects well over 3,000 visitors to have attended its Beauty in the Making event by the time the exhibit closes this evening.

Iconic Pirelli calendar outsourced to HH Global
Pirelli has outsourced print management for its 2012 calendar for the first time to BPO firm HH Global.

Pantone expands Plus Series with 336 new colours
Pantone has expanded its Pantone Plus Series colour library with the addition of 336 new colours, largely based on the Pantone Goe System.

World Book Night to mark second annual books giveaway
World Book Night will be celebrated tonight with 480,000 books set to be distributed at events across the country by some 20,000 volunteers.

Adobe offers pay-as-you-go CS6 with Creative Cloud launch
Adobe will officially launch Creative Cloud, a subscription-based online hub through which members will be able to access its full range of creative tools and services, next month.
Print not seeing benefit of marketing-spend return
Marketing spend is on the increase, according to a global marketing survey, but print does not appear to be seeing the fruits of the recovery.
Print industry news roundup: postage, Pureprint, Gavin Watson Printers, Berforts merger, Whitewater liquidation
Stay up to date with your procurement supply chain thanks to print industry news at your fingertips. This week: The Lettershop Group sees specialist envelope interest increase; Pureprint appoints...

Suffolk printer gains first South East fully carbon-balanced status
Commercial print firm Fuller Davies has attracted a "staggering amount" of clients by becoming south east England's first fully carbon-balanced printer.

Johnston Press to relaunch range of newspapers
Newspaper publisher Johnston Press is to relaunch its entire range of titles in order to introduce 'platform neutral' publishing.

APP 'illegal logging' claim investigated by Indonesian Ministry of Forestry
Pulp and paper producer Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) is awaiting an Indonesian Ministry of Forestry report following accusations of illegal logging by Greenpeace.