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Former Olwen production director passes away
Former Olwen Mailing Services production director Kevin Poncia has died, after a short battle with cancer, aged 64.

Plant management changes at Polestar
Polestar has parted company with the managing director of its Bicester web offset site.

GI Solutions recruits Darren Crawford as group IT director
GI Solutions Group has recruited Darren Crawford as group IT director and charged him with overseeing an estimated £750,000 investment over the next three years.

Restructuring expert joins KBA board
KBA has appointed restructuring expert Dr Andreas Plesske to head up its Fit@All transformation programme.

Q&A: Leslie Manning, chairman, Rapidity Communications
Although he is clearly way too young to retire, that’s exactly what Les Manning plans to do come May after 43 years in print. His four sons all work at London-based Rapidity, so we guess he’ll still...

Ipex succeeded, but was it enough?
Well, Ipex is over for another four years. Or is it over for good?

Overmatter: double denim daredevils
Overmatter is not a fervent follower of fashion. It’s all just too confusing.

‘We’re not selling a dream, we have to sell the reality’
Martin Mayo officially became head of Kodak’s UK operation last summer. An engineer by trade (his first job was as a service engineer for Radio Rentals, fixing video recorders) he’s possibly the first...

‘New’ Ipex excels for many but future looks less secure
To all intents and purposes, last month’s ‘new’ Ipex, while much smaller than previous shows, actually exceeded many peoples’ expectations.

Crawford departs Informa Exhibitions
Ipex event director Trevor Crawford is to leave Informa Exhibitions with immediate effect.