Print buying

Printed.com adds Avios to its reward programme

Printed.com has partnered with Avios, the successor to Airmiles, and British Airways Executive Club to allow its customers to convert Printed.com reward points into Avios points.

IPIA spring networking event nears capacity

Bookings for the Independent Print Industries Association's annual Spring Networking Lunch, on 22 March, are on target to match last year's event.

Colorplan goes global with new stockists

GF Smith has revealed ambitious plans to take its British-made Colorplan paper and board range global, with a new swatch book and website forming an integral part of the push.

Axel Springer rolls out inkjet investment across all sites

Axel Springer has ordered a further 19 Kodak Prosper S30 inkjet printheads from Manroland Web Systems as it continues to roll out its hybrid printing investment across all of its German printing...

Print industry news roundup: Pinstripe Print, Creative Print, Printing.com, Langham Press, Eclipse/4DM, RPS

Stay up to date with your procurement supply chain thanks to print industry news at your fingertips. This week: Pinstripe Print wins two-year battle with Highfield; Creative Print continues under John...

Communisis profits up 23% year-on-year in 2012

Communisis has recorded a 23% increase in operating profit before exceptional items to 11.6m on turnover of 229.8m in its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2012.

Time Warner announces magazine spin-off

New York-based Time Warner is set to spin off its entire magazine division, including UK-based IPC Media, into a separate, publicly traded company.

EU initiative cannot become 'gold plating' by regulators

It has long been recognised that trees are an environmental 'good'. They act as a carbon capture and storage system and the expansion of forestry in Europe has led to many more trees being planted...

Pantone releases 50th anniversary edition Plus series

Pantone has released a 50th anniversary edition of its Pantone Plus series, featuring special packaging and covers, which will be on sale throughout 2013.

Print industry news roundup: Enterprise Finance Guarantee, Chesapeake, Rigid Containers, Trinity Mirror, CRP Print & Packaging

Stay up to date with your procurement supply chain thanks to print industry news at your fingertips. This week: Printers received average of 90k each from EFG scheme; Record breaking B1 press arrives...

Regional daily newspapers suffering in latest ABCs

All bar two regional daily newspapers suffered a drop in circulation in the six months to December 2012 compared to the previous year, recent ABC figures show.

Mambo link to collapsed Alito

A firm called Mambo Direct has been set up at the same registered office as Argall Solutions, which traded as Alito Color Group, after it collapsed earlier this month.