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Printers "are failing to verify customers" says ICSM
Printers are failing to properly verify their customers to ensure they are financially sound, according to credit checking specialist ICSM.

Langley mulls Manroland GB rescue
Langley Holdings' deal to buy Manroland's sheetfed arm has been approved by the German Cartel office. Meanwhile it has emerged the company could also be poised to buy Manroland GB out of...

Edwards Brothers merges with Malloy
Two Ann Arbor, MI-based printers located five miles apart, Edwards Brothers and Malloy, announced a merger this week that will create the sixth largest book manufacturing firm in the US with combined...
Maxson unveils sheeter for digital sheet fed presses
Westerly, RI-based Maxson Automatic Machinery this week launched a new sheeter specifically designed for the digital sheet fed printing presses as it looks to take advantage of the industry wide shift...

Taylor Bloxham returns to profit
Taylor Bloxham has returned to profit after two years in the red thanks to its restructuring process.

Anton Group boosts variable data throughput with Duplo finishing kit
Anton Group has installed a Duplo Digital System 5000 Pro Bookletmaker and a DC 745e digital cutter/creaser to improve the efficiency of its variable data printing operation.

First 4 Print Finishing installs Heidelberg ST400 stitching line
Print finisher First 4 Print Finishing has installed 200,000 worth of equipment as part of an ongoing investment programme.

Heidelberg schedules Print Buyer University course
Heidelberg is to run its 2012 Print Buyer University course from 16 to 20 July.

IPC launches Marie Claire Runway
IPC is launching Runway - a biannual fashion companion to its Marie Claire magazine.

PIPS hits out at government's poor advice on auto-enrolment
The Printing Industry Pension Scheme (PIPS) has hit out at the government for its poor advice regarding the introduction of pension auto-enrolment.

Printers slam 'disgraceful' pre-pack u-turn
Printers have slammed the government's "disgraceful" u-turn on tightening the laws on pre-packs, after business minister Ed Davey announced that he had scrapped plans to impose greater legislative...

Xerox and Presstek appoint new presidents
Presstek chief executive Jeff Jacobson will join Xerox later this month as president of its Global Graphics Communications division and be succeeded by Fujifilm's former US chief operating officer...

St Ives settles over data misuse wrangle
Two former employees of St Ives have agreed to pay the PLC £90,000 in damages after they admitted sharing confidential information with two directors at Inspired Thinking Group (ITG).
Paperlinx investors bid to oust chair and appoint representative as director
A group of Paperlinx investors representing around 5% have made a bid to oust the company's current chairman Harry Boon.

Telegraph prints seven-day Heston Blumenthal recipe collection
The Telegraph will launch its Heston Blumenthal recipe collection in tomorrow's edition (Saturday 4 February), which includes two 52-page A5 booklets and five six-page A5 cards.