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New show focuses on market for print

Print 4 Marketing, an exhibition aimed at end-users of print including corporate marketing departments and print buyers as well as printers is being launched in October.

PrintCafe receives 16m boost from Creo

Creo has invested 16.4m in PrintCafe as part of a 27.5m investment in the MIS and e-commerce firm.

Prontaprint gets ScanMaster

Prontaprint Grays Inn Road in London has become the first UK printer to install an AB Dick ScanMaster system.

Profit warning and job cuts at St Ives

St Ives has issued a profits warning and is ceasing web printing at its Direct plant in Leeds with the loss of 125 jobs after being hit by falling demand and pressure on prices.

Thames produces 200k Virgin cards

Thames Card Technology in Rayleigh has produced 200,000 cards for Virgin Student as part of an online and in-store promotion.

Action at West Ferry averted

Industrial action at West Ferry Printers has been averted after the firms management and the GPMU agreed on voluntary redundancies and future wage negotiations.

Xerox brushes off US lease criticism

Xerox has rejected the US Securities and Exchange Commissions (SEC) criticism of the way it accounts for lease transactions, as making no material difference.

Fuji unveils Ipex product line-up

Fuji will introduce its first violet-sensitive and no-process thermal CTP plates and add JDF compatibility to its workflow at Ipex.

Sales of KBA 74 Karat take-off in the UK

KBAs DI press the 74 Karat has finally taken off in the UK, with one installation and a further three orders

Augustus Martin preliminary hearing ends abruptly

Michaels Withingtons preliminary industrial tribunal hearing ended abruptly this week after the former Augustus Martin managing director agreed to waive the without prejudice privilege from a series...

St Ives profit warning and job cuts

St Ives has issued a profit warning and is ceasing web printing at its Direct plant in Leeds with the loss of 125 jobs after being hit by falling demand and pressure on prices

Creo invests 16m in PrintCafe

Creo has invested 16.4m ($23.6m) in PrintCafe as part of a 27.5m private placement of equity and debt.

Clark joins Artisan

Adrian Clark has joined Leicesters Artisan Press in the newly-created role of business development director. He formerly worked at Technique Business Systems, and prior to that was a director at...

Greaves bindery closure talks to start

Polestar and the GPMU are set to start consultation over the closure of the bindery at Greaves in Scarborough after discussions failed to find a workable solution to reduce its cost base

PJR offers services for Ormond Street

Following an appeal in <i>PrintWeek</i>, Great Ormond Street Hospital Childrens Charity (GOSHCC) has found a printer to donate its services to produce the charitys commemorative 150th birthday...