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The UK "narrowly failed" by 2%, or 263,000 tonnes, to meet its overall packaging waste recovery targets for 2001, the government has admitted.

CPI UK has acquired the freehold of its main book manufacturing site in Bath, but says its plans to establish a new greenfield site will still go ahead.

Magazine printers toughing it out in a market already hit by overcapacity could be dealt a further blow if the Royal Mails proposal to switch from weight-based to size-based pricing causes publishers...

Kent Lithos assets and goodwill have been bought by a new company led by the same management team.

The print and packaging operations of Mill Hill Printers and Hemel Adhesive Labels have joined forces to form Mill Print & Labels.

Jon Guy is stepping down as head of Heidelberg Used Equipment to become the president and chief of executive of Gallus USA in September.

Creo chief executive Amos Michelson used Printcafes Connect 2002 user conference to announce a new member of the firms Synapse range of software tools, which are the basis of its Networked Graphic...

St Ives Westerham Press has promoted Daniel Nolan to sales director, replacing Sarah Daly, who left the company in January.

Httprint, the print procurement software developer, is believed to be on the verge of securing at least 7m ($10m) of funds from its major backer, Investcorp, and Bertelsmann, the German media empire.

News International and Jefferson Smurfit have officially opened their new 39m (60m) joint-venture printing plant in Kells, County Meath in Ireland (<i>PrintWeek</i>, 6 July 2001).

Cito is celebrating the 100th sale of its RSP Inline Finishing system in the UK, which until April was only available exclusively in conjunction with Heidelberg presses.

Communisis chief operating officer Mike Mitchell is taking up the newly created role of group development director from 1 July.

The BPIF is launching a new Turnaround category in this years Excellence Awards.

Newspaper press manufacturer Goss International has made two appointments to its board to ensure it will continue to play a "key role in the future of the industry".

Italian papermaker Burgo has inaugurated its new 400,000-tonnes-a-year production line at Verzuolo mill in Italy as part of a 321m (500m) investment.