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Majority of Transactis Liverpool staff face redundancy

The jobs of Transactis' 254 Liverpool-based staff are at risk after Unite revealed that RR Donnelley's acquisition of the company's production businesses would lead to "wide-scale redundancies".

Oberthur withdraws bid for De La Rue

Oberthur has withdrawn its increased 935p-per-share bid for De La Rue and announced that it no longer intends to make an offer for the banknote printer.

Emmersons invests in B2 production with Heidelberg buy

Emmersons has invested in a B2 Speedmaster XL 75-5+L in order to broaden its offering and enable it to "encroach" into the lower end of the B1 market.

PrintPack: Bobst announces sale of India's first corrugated box flexo post print converting kit at Liberty Packtech's greenfield project in Baddi

Bobst India has announced that it has entered into an agreement with a start-up corrugation company, Liberty Packtech for the installation of a Bobst Flexo Vision 160 flexo printing machine.

PrintPack: Arets exhibits UV technology for Indian graphic arts industry

Arets Graphics exhibited its range of UV inks, varnishes and UV printing technology at PrintPack.

Etrinsic secures 3m annual National Grid contract

Print management firm Etrinsic has secured a multi-year contract with international energy company National Grid worth more than 3m per annum.

PrintPack: KK Printing sells eleven production lines to the Rajasthan Patrika group

Sanjay Gupta of KK Printing has good news. While speaking to PrintWeek India, he said: "With the rise in literate population and race between newspapers to cover every corner of India, the newspaper...

ODC Group appoints Sara Jamison as CEO

On Demand Communication (ODC) Group, owner of Kall Kwik and Prontaprint franchises, has appointed Sara Jamison as its chief executive.

Heidelberg: digital venture will render rival presses irrelevant

Heidelberg believes its revamped digital offering for commercial print will result in high-end 'performance' digital presses from HP, Kodak and Xerox becoming largely irrelevant.

EskoArtwork sold to Danaher

EskoArtwork has been sold to Danaher for EUR 350m (297m) after its Danish shareholder Axcel signed a definitive sales purchase agreement with the US-based industrial group.

PrintPack: Kodak notches good numbers for NexPress and Trendsetter

Bucking the trend of static sales for its NexPress presses in recent times, Kodak India posted two bookings, one each for the NexPress 2500 and the SE 3000 digital production colour presses during the...

Big rush to register for BMPA's Print Summit

The Bombay Master Printers Association's (BMPA) annual conference - Print Summit, will be held on Printers' Day on 24 February, 2011.

Leading print companies register for BMPA Print Summit on analysing growth in Indian print

The Bombay Master Printers Association's (BMPA) annual conference - Print Summit, will be held on Printers' Day on 24 February, 2011.

PrintPack: Friends Engineering launches a paper bag making machine.

Friends Engineering has launched a paper bag making machine at its stall. According to the Amritsar-based manufacturer, this machine can produce 150 bags per minute using up to 150 gsm paper.

Analysis: Will Heidelberg's gamble pay off?

Despite having had its fingers burned in its first foray into the commercial digital printing market, Heidelberg is convinced it's on to a sure thing. Jo Francis weighs up the odds