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R.R. Donnelley to shutter East Point, Georgia plant

R.R. Donnelley said it is closing its East Point, Georgia printing plant next month as the Chicago-based printer continues its quest to consolidate its printing operations and remove excess capacity.

PmIndia's third Indo-German conference

The third Indo-German Packaging Printing conference will be held from 22-23 November, 2011 in Mumbai.

Manugraph makes a foray into packaging

Looking beyond its position as one of the global leaders in web offset technology, Manugraph is digging deeper into the print market, entering into a new area of a growing print sector and readying to...

G3S announces full range of Biomedia

Wide-format printer G3S has said it now has a full range of its environmentally friendly Biomedia substrate, which its subsidiary company will make available to other printers.

Fespa Digital's Fespa Wrap Cup champions join ranks headed for London final

Danish printers walked away with two of the top prizes at the Fespa Digital 2011 Wrap Cup Masters Series last month.

Classic Lines Plus Signs buys Roland VersaCamm

Sign and banner printer Classic Lines Plus Signs (CLPS) has installed a Roland VersaCamm VS-640 print and cut machine, and already put it to work.

Six Stitch Star machines at Sakshi newspaper

Sakshi has installed six Stitch Star machines at the Vijaywada plant in Andhra Pradesh.

Bishops adds perfecting Speedmaster to make it Heidelberg's biggest B2 UK customer

Portsmouth-based Bishops Printers has added a Speedmaster SM 74 long perfector to its Heidelberg battery, making it the German manufacturer's biggest B2 customer in the UK.

Whitney Woods founder Whitney passes away

Paul Whitney, co-founder of print finishing company Whitney Woods, has died aged 59.

Belgian prepress firm Basysprint launches multifunction UV platesetters

Belgian prepress specialist Basysprint has announced a new range of UV platesetters able to handle a range of plate treatments for different applications in a single device.

PrintWeek publisher wins top digital publishing award

Haymarket Business Media, parent company of <i>PrintWeek</i> was last week awarded the prestigious Best Digital Publisher of the Year for business publishing at the Association of Online Publishers...

Northern and Shell expected to announce trebled turnover this week

Newspaper publisher Northern and Shell is expected to announce a "substantial increase" in profits in its 2010 financial results.

MPC staff speak of 'desperate situation' as wait for pay hits two months

Former employees at Maurice Payne Colourprint (MPC) remain unable to claim redundancy as no form of insolvency has been entered.

Selfridges launches Project Ocean campaign

Selfridges has handed graphics production duties for its Project Ocean campaign to London-based BAF Graphics.

Limited uptake for bank lending appeals process

Business secretary Vince Cable has called on Britain's banks to raise the profile of the lending complaints system after it emerged that fewer than 100 small businesses had used the appeals process.