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European printing association Intergraf has thrown its support behind new trade show Ecoprint.

Alpha Colour Printers has landed a three-year contract expanding its print work for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, NHS Gloucestershire and the 2gether trust.

A packaging manufacturer that later went into liquidation has been fined at Cardiff Crown Court after a worker was crushed to death under heavy machinery at its facility.

Finishing equipment manufacturer Kern has added a number of modules to its K90 card system.

Unite has said it will be asking members not to accept a pay cut at BGP, amid claims that the move could be illegal.

Polestar has entered into consultation with employees at its Colchester web offset plant over the proposed closure of the site.

Unite has said that Wyndeham Group's decision to make 86 employees redundant at its Heron subsidiary "rubs salt into the wound" after staff agreed a pay cut to avoid job losses.

Craig Nethercott , UK director of production printing, Océ

Unite has called for an economic intervention policy in 2012, as the country's manufacturing industries appear to be slipping back into recessionary levels.

Kodak could be preparing to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to the Wall Street Journal, as its struggle to secure new funding comes to a head.

Paper merchant Antalis McNaughton has announced details of its free seminars on saving and making money for printers.

Wifac Group subsidiary GPS, which is the European distributor for a range of Asian pre-press manufacturers, has rebranded as Wifac International.