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Leeds City College is to close its in-house print training facility and change its Level 3 NVQ Machine Printing course to an industry-based apprenticeship model with no teaching on campus.

Before the economic meltdown, it was all too easy for printers to raise finance for investment in new equipment, recalls one print industry stalwart. "You simply filled out some forms, signed on the...

Canon has confirmed the appointment of Océ's Rokus van Iperen as president and chief executive of Canon EMEA, as reported by PrintWeek last month.

John Crosfield, founder of Crosfield Electronics and pioneer of automatic register control and colour scanning technologies for the print industry, has passed away aged 96.

Proskills chief executive Terry Watts has called on the industry to continue to support "the future of the print" by taking on apprentices after announcing his departure from the organisation.

Today (29 March) is the last press day for Economist production director Sharon Simpson, who retires on 31 March after a 20-year career at the publisher.

Ruddocks has become the latest company to attain the ISO 12647-2 colour management certification through press manufacturer Heidelberg.

TNT Post has sealed one of the country's largest mail contracts after being appointed by Tesco to handle a wide range of its customer communications.

HP has moved to reassure printers of its ongoing commitment to the commercial print sector following yesterday's announcement of the merger of its commercial print and PC divisions.

Finishing equipment manufacturer Kern has lauded its "young and motivated workforce" after a second apprentice graduated to become a full-time employee of the company.