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OPA outreach among Printers' Associations in North India
On 16 November the Offset Printers' Association (OPA) decided to fund the Printers' Association of North India for a building through a Print Yatra in Ludhiana.

Parksons Packaging: The game is changing
Ramesh Kejriwal decodes the growth plan at Parksons Packaging and talks about the firm's appetite to convert 50,000 tonnes by next year

P Hanumantha Rao honoured with lifetime achievement award by OPA
Offset Printers Association honoured P Hanumantha Rao with lifetime achievement award.

Post Script: la cat tasting session stuns print delegates
You're seventh in an impressive line-up of speakers and you're worried that some of the delegates are suffering from death by PowerPoint - what do you do?

Q&A: Sam Heaton, managing director, ecards.co.uk
Sam Heaton has been working in e-commerce for 10 years. He has two dogs, a fiance and is a big fan of watersports, although we wouldn't recommend turning up to watch him in action given his history of...

Face to Face with Prof Dr Arved Hubler of Chemnitz University: The march towards nano technology
At a time, when mainstream discussion about packaging technologies chases a stifling path, Kiran Prayagi looks into the future of innovation along with Prof Dr Arved Hubler of Chemnitz University

Industry stalwart Nick Smith dies
Nick Smith, who was well known in the industry during his time with Commercial Finance Capital (CFC), died Monday 1 November.
Murdoch defends copyright at Stationers Debate
James Murdoch has described the principles of copyright as being "as valid today as they were in 1710".
Sir Christopher Meyer named president of The Printing Charity
The Printing Charity unveiled former ambassador Sir Christopher Meyer as its new president at the charity's 183rd annual lunch yesterday (4 November).

One third of Southernprint staff facing axe in New Year job cuts
More than 100 jobs are under threat at Southernprint and Southern Binders as a result of plans to cut "uneconomic capacity", while remaining staff could face changes to their terms and conditions.