Print buying

Print industry news roundup: Trinity, Bell & Bain, Shere, paper prices, Unite

Stay up to date with your procurement supply chain thanks to print industry news at your fingertips. This week: Trinity employees threaten industrial action; Bell & Bain add third Rapida; Shere first...

Media roundup: Marketing, Brooks, Look, Kopparberg, Sun on Sunday

We bring you the buzz from the wider media sphere, across the world and across the web. This week: UK's top marketers; Brooks charged with perverting justice; Look launch; Kopparberg unveils 10m...

Merchant competition forces paper price increase

Paper manufacturer Papierfabrik Scheufelen's imminent price increase will occur due to competition between merchants, says the company.

Creative FX completes 500-run Suzuki vehicle-wrapping job

Car wrapping specialist Creative FX has completed its latest project - and one of its biggest yet - by adding the finishing touch to 500 Suzuki Swift Attitude cars.

Drupa visitor numbers down but international trade rises

Contraction in the printing industry is evident in the Drupa visitor numbers - although 170,000 visitors had attended by the half-way point, this figure is 20% down on the 2008 show.

Printers 'should act as consultants' to their customers

Printers should build better relationships with their customers and adopt a more consultative approach, according to Canon's latest report.

Faversham House moves Digital Print UK tradeshow to 2013

Faversham House has announced that its Digital Print UK tradeshow, set to take place this September, will now be held in the autumn of 2013.

BCQ Group-printed Premier League books net 60k for charity

Commercial printer BCQ Group has produced three books for the Nordoff Robbins charity, which have made at least 60,000 at auction.

Print industry news roundup: BPIF, Anton, Colourwise, Dargan Press, Konica

Stay up to date with your procurement supply chain thanks to print industry news at your fingertips. This week: BPIF Outlook Survey exposes overcapacity; Anton Group in 14m Heidelberg buy; Colourwise...

Howitt prints London Mayoral election booklet

A company recently acquired by Innovative Output Solutions was awarded a contract to supply booklets to more than five million people in the run up to the London Mayor elections which took place last...

Bailey quits Trinity

Trinity Mirror chief executive Sly Bailey is to step down by the end of the year.

RR Donnelley boosts Q1 profit, unveils ProteusJet Multiweb digital print platform

RR Donnelly & Sons managed to boost its Q1 profit by 10% over the same period in 2011 to $37.4m, despite a more than 2% decline in revenues to $2.52bn as cost cutting helped offset declines in its US...