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Marie Claire bids to boost readership with mini-mag campaign

IPC Southbank aimed to boost its readership over the weekend by creating a 52pp taster version of <i>Marie Claire</i> for distribution with the Saturday edition of <i>The Times</i>.

Fespa Digital 2011: An Overview

The volcano ash cloud did not deter visitors to the 18,000 sq/mts Fespa Digital show. Although the brief shut down of Hamburg airport (on Wednesday) did affect traffic into the show which has 400...

New cutting devices from Esko, Zund, Summa and Roland refine finishing

EskoArtwork's Kongsberg i-XL24 and i-XP44 digital finishing solutions, ArtiosCAD 7.6 structural design software, along with the i-Cut Suite for pre-flighting and lay-outs were the stars at the stall.

InfoTrends' wide-format study at Fespa

One of the things that attracted attention was the study conducted for Fespa by InfoTrends.

The battle of printheads

The battle for inkjet printheads is truly on. Xaar's Proton printheads are in use on machines on a wide range of exhibitor company stands, such as Neolt and its Aster-Jet printer.

MGI sells its latest Meteor DP 8700 XL in India

MGI debuted with the Meteor DP8700 XL which is a multi-substrate digital press.

Integration spells value at the HP stall

The theme for HP's 890 sq/m booth, the largest at the show, was integration.

Agfa launches new avataar of M-Press Tiger

Agfa, which had the second largest stall at the show, had an array of Jetis (till recently with Gandi), Annapurna and the new avtaar of its M-Press Tiger flatbed inkjet press, an M-Press Leopard.

Garnett Dickinson prints programme for Champions League final

Garnett Dickinson has rounded off a prestigious month this week by printing the programme for tomorrow night's Champions League final.

Ricoh announces global job cuts of 10,000 in bid to boost profitability

Shares in Japanese office equipment giant Ricoh rose yesterday on the news it is to shed 10,000 jobs in a bid to boost profitability.

Factoring company could benefit SMEs

SME printers could benefit from the launch of a new factoring company that will provide invoice discounting to sub-1m-turnover companies.

Death knell for Wyndeham Plymouth as capacity is cut

Wyndeham Group chief executive Paul Utting explains the rationale behind the decision to put Wyndeham Plymouth staff into consultation over a proposed closure of the site.

Berforts invests in BQ270 as Bookselect soars

Berforts has invested in a Horizon BQ270 single-clamp perfect binder from Intelligent Finishing Systems, to keep up with its growing print-on-demand service.

Clear Channel teams on greener outdoor adverts

Outdoor media company Clear Channel has teamed up with green comms specialist Curb Media to form an exclusive partnership dedicated to delivering innovative bespoke campaigns using sustainable...

INTERVIEW: HP's Chris Morgan downplays need for offset alliance

In an exclusive interview with PrintWeek, Chris Morgan, senior VP of HP's worldwide Graphics Solutions business, explained how digital printing continues to disrupt the old printing models, enabling...