Newsarchive December 2007

01.12 College Shop Makes Its Move »
01.12 Promoting the print industry in Manawatu »
01.12 Agfa appoints Jo Cornu CEO effective immediately »
01.12 LATMA AGM set to bowl over attendees »
01.12 Premios APTA/RIZZUTTO 2007 - Tres reconocimientos para FAIGA »
01.12 Digital packaging from designing up to production on demand »
01.12 Flexibility in the Waste Framework Directive is Essential »
01.12 Corrugated packaging is adding value to the supply chain »
02.12 PrintCity partners with Fujifilm for drupa »
03.12 Flint unveils new ink range for flexo and gravure work »
03.12 Polestar bolsters overseas operations with KBA investment »
03.12 WPG picks alcohol-free Komori Lithrone »
03.12 Trans-Tasman printing qualifications agreed »
03.12 AIM Bio-Green is The Solution »
03.12 Epson releases Onyx rips for Stylus Pro »
04.12 Hart aims to take on Visy with CHH Amcor JV »
04.12 On Demand Conference Announces High-Profile Keynote Presentations and more than 50 Conference Sessions »
04.12 Océ Introduces Ink-jet and EP Continuous Feed Digital Press Lines »
04.12 Wyndeham Visual Communications opens new design office »
04.12 Heidelberg Women in Print - bigger and better in 2008 »
05.12 J&G Environmental awarded for excellence »
05.12 Drupa to deliver Compass Sessions »
05.12 Visy in $300m cartel class action suit »
05.12 Seifert Graphics Acquires Second EFI VUTEk Superwide Format Printer »
05.12 NZ Business Forms Association's newest life member »
06.12 Maidstone Prison adds four-colour Printmaster »
06.12 Olympic print bidders hit with further delays »
06.12 Arjo makes play for Greenfield SAS to boost recycled paper portfolio »
06.12 J Jays facing closure after RBI pulls repro work »
06.12 Training course to delve into colour »
06.12 SMP takes alcohol-free leap with Roland XXL »
06.12 WIlliams Lea charity push »
06.12 Shackell Edwards hires ‘heavyweight’ Penfield »
06.12 Expansion forces EDM to relocate »
06.12 AbitibiBowater announces cuts »
06.12 Union urges members to accept CPI pay offer »
06.12 EBB set to open Sheffield branch following success in Manchester »
06.12 ABS figures show print conditions deteriorating »
06.12 SCR Envelopes saves landfill through recycling drive »
06.12 Muller Martini Files Patent Suits Against Goss »
07.12 Innovation Days Features 20+ Vendors »
07.12 Ecstatic About Océ at West Contra Costa »
07.12 High speed die-cutter for trade service »
07.12 James Murdoch heading to Wapping as he takes the reins at NewsCorp Europe »
07.12 Retailers and councils get behind 12 days of Christmas recycling »
07.12 drupa targets print buyers with drupacube »
07.12 Duplo brings automation to Europe-wide web-to-print shop »
07.12 BPIF backs CBI's call for 'urgent' move on carbon reduction »
07.12 4over Opens Midwest Facility »
07.12 Emap sheds consumer and radio arms to H Bauer for £1.14bn »
07.12 Heidelberg scotches alcohol-free's green claims »
07.12 Label One becomes carbon neutral »
07.12 Scary Introduction to OSU’s New iGen3 »
10.12 HP continues assault on wide-format with NUR acquisition »
10.12 Document Solutions ends Xerox tie-up to pursue growth »
10.12 Web-to-Print - Die nächste DtP-Revolution? »
10.12 CEPI organises final workshop on Reach regulation readiness »
10.12 Upsized London Sport magazine is good news for printer »
11.12 Print buying in the limelight at Drupa »
11.12 Standard stands out as overall paid-for circulations fall »
11.12 Domino thanks acquisitions for results success »
11.12 Heidelberg reveals pre-Drupa release for perfecting XL 105 »
11.12 Finishing kit R&D firm reborn after move into administration »
11.12 Jones and Palmer adds flexibility with CCM guillotine »
12.12 Hine invests in Xeikon label press »
12.12 Prinect Image Control software functions extended »
12.12 XChange supplies Human Software add-on for Adobe »
12.12 PaperCo moves 9lives production to Arjo »
12.12 Hemel Hempstead paper firm awarded for diverting landfill »
12.12 Preston council buys in Horizon B2 folder »
12.12 Pinders boosts output with Vutek QS2000 »
12.12 XChange offers Human Software add-on for Adobe »
13.12 Ace speeds up output with a KASfold 3000 »
13.12 Tullis sponsors Scot Curlers »
13.12 Lynhurst gets FSC certification »
13.12 McNaughton announces digital growth »
13.12 Iggesund increase prices »
13.12 UK's PFE International bought by mailing giant Neopost for £27.2m »
13.12 Outstanding Lineup of Speakers to Present at The Business of Green Media Conference »
13.12 Sequana grows pulp capacity with planned buyout of Greenfield »
13.12 PaperCo moves 9lives manufacture to Arjo »
13.12 MB folder goes in at Kall Kwik »
13.12 Sector input is key as Proskills enters Academy planning stage »
13.12 Int’l Greetings let down by UK »
13.12 UK must retain print presence »
13.12 Duplo reveals plans to debut 10 digital products at Drupa 2008 »
13.12 Print adds influence to web audiences »
13.12 Roto Smeets shareholders block Quebecor takeover »
13.12 BPF fires up Ireland’s first Acoro perfect binder with PUR add-on »
13.12 Integra and PBS tie up to drive sales to £15m »
13.12 Fuji launches eco roadshow »
13.12 Rovert shakes with Duplo on bookletmaker distribution »
13.12 NEMC spends half-million pounds on Xerox continous-feed kit »
13.12 Xerox claims accreditation record with global FSC and PEFC »
13.12 Fuji hits the road with green printing drive »
13.12 Heidelberg offers cost saving advice with Prinect tour »
13.12 Agfa troubles continue with sell-off rumours »
13.12 Group 1 releases CDQ Platform 5 »
13.12 Mtivity appoints O'Connell »
13.12 Extensis releases update »
13.12 KEP Print plumps for ICS-fitted Roland 700 »
13.12 Hickling & Squires caps off Heidelberg revamp »
13.12 Trinity steals a march on tabloid rivals as full-colour Mirror goes live »
13.12 Cromwell’s digital division earns Osprey out-of-print book contract »
13.12 Banks fail with personalisation »
13.12 Océ unveils new printers in bid to rule on-demand book sector »
13.12 Stepnet develops production system »
14.12 Coated Paper Adds Appeal To Magazine Readers »
14.12 Solid Ink's Appeal Drives Colour Printer Growth »
14.12 600dpi Flatbed Accessory For Scanning Bound Books »
14.12 Flexo Software Fuels Pack, Label Plate Production »
14.12 New building underlines Heidelberg commitment »
14.12 Duplo International - eight questions for '08 »
14.12 Suction Cups Solve Paper Feeding System Downtime »
14.12 Digital Print Firm's Award Rewards Its Methods »
14.12 Alpha Colour Printers moves into digital with Konica Bizhub »
14.12 Darling stalls on capital gains review »
14.12 Xerox solid ink capacity to rocket with US plant »
14.12 Opportunities for print industry in growing disposable electronics market »
14.12 Quebecor and Roto speak out over failed takeover bid »
14.12 DMGT falls out of FTSE 100 »
17.12 CBI flags economic downturn in 2008 »
17.12 Pamarco bolsters pre-press department with EskoArtwork spend »
17.12 BÖWE BELL+HOWELL to Acquire OPEX Postal Technologies »
17.12 Book firm bolsters fast turnaround capacity with Europe's first auto pallet loader »
17.12 Hickling & Squires plumps for 10-colour Heidelberg perfector »
17.12 Book firm ups fast turnaround capacity with Europe's first auto pallet loader »
17.12 Architect buys in Océ TCS500 for historic castle site »
17.12 Wyndeham Visual Communications makes first buy a month after MBO »
18.12 NiXPS launches search software for Microsoft page format »
18.12 Eight questions for 2008 - GMG »
18.12 Kodak GCG's UK boss Wigfield to depart for US role »
18.12 Nixps launches XPS Vista print tools for file searches »
18.12 RR Donnelley, Transcontinental among suitors eyeing troubled Quebecor World »
18.12 RL Moulton notches up 'record' magazine runs with Perfecta guillotine »
19.12 Greetings card firm Moonpig speeds up finishing with Duplo cutter »
19.12 Xerox ties with Epson for wide-format Stylus Pro pair »
19.12 Crucial Colour buys in Speedmaster to open new markets »
19.12 Furness Newspapers cuts waste with Baldwin dampening »
19.12 OKI names new chief executive in growth bid »
19.12 Print industry tops sick-pay tables »
19.12 UPM and SCA flag mass paper job cuts »
19.12 Paper Supplier Seeks 20% Carbon Footprint Cut »
19.12 Web Press Raises Commercial Printer's Quality »
19.12 Xerox's New Wide Format Printers For Indoor Print »
19.12 Large Format Press To Continue Packaging Growth »
19.12 Versatile World First 80pp Per Revolution Press »
19.12 B2 Folding System With 15-Second Set-Up On Show »
19.12 Wyndeham Buys Large Format And Digital Print Firm »
19.12 FOGRA-Approved Solvents Sales Buoyant In Far East »
19.12 Wide Format Printers Produce Telecoms Campaign »
19.12 Laminating Systems Sales Drive Gets New Leader »
20.12 Adobe PDF becomes international standard »
20.12 Calendar printer loses contract over St David's Day omission »
20.12 Topical Paper Issues Seminars At Publishing Show »
20.12 Sixty RR Donnelley jobs on the line as Aylesbury blaze leads to site closure »
20.12 Mailing And Image Firm Buy By Bowe Bell And Howell »
20.12 Print manager raises industry's green profile at UN climate event in Bali »
20.12 Envelope firm SEM chases eco boost with Fuji plates »
20.12 DMA calls for caution over postal review »
20.12 GAE to launch Horizon folder at open house events »
20.12 Inca - eight questions for 08 »
20.12 Muller Martini and U.S. Marines Collect Toys for Youngsters in Need as Part of Annual Drive »
20.12 Graphics of the Americas to Offer Programs for Creative Professionals »
20.12 Eight questions for 08 - Inca »
20.12 FSC creates division to grow globally »
20.12 Screen - eight questions for '08 »
20.12 Mimeo.com Names Coleen Smith Chief People Officer »
20.12 WVC adds large-format firm PIL to provide full sector coverage »
20.12 Bankruptcy fears for Quebecor World as Roto deal collapses »
20.12 Punch mulls over move into CTP platemaking »
20.12 Kolbus Re-Shapes Parts And Service Operations »
20.12 Mailing System Firm Develops 'Green' Management »
20.12 New Film Improves Graphics And Cuts Waste »
20.12 New Océ TCS500 at Hurd Rolland »
20.12 Suez buys BellandVision »
20.12 Fedrigoni launches Hi-Kard »
20.12 Media Paper reveals new website »
20.12 Stora to delist from New York Stock Exchange »
20.12 ERPA clashes with CEPI over paper ID scheme »
20.12 Norske holds on to its Asia sites »
20.12 Brazilian pulp enjoys record export levels »
20.12 Europe looks into Arjo mill acquisition »
20.12 NEMC predicts a buoyant 2008 for the direct mailing industry »
20.12 Quark releases integration tips »
20.12 G&J’s regional investment aid judged illegal by EU Commission »
20.12 Easily Programmable Fast Guillotine Cuts Waste »
20.12 Paper Firm's Christmas Card Recycling For Charity »
20.12 Printers Put Environment Near Top Of Agenda »
20.12 KBA Showroom Gains Process Control Standards »
20.12 Strong 2007 sees huge rise in Domino profits »
20.12 Alpha beefs up its line-up with a new KM Bizhub Pro C6500e press »
20.12 Markzware claims FlightCheck v6.1 is four times faster than before »
20.12 PrintJob and Print MIS to make joint product »
20.12 On Demand Print Demand Met By Xerox Digital System »
21.12 Failed Roto-Quebecor deal may still have legs »
21.12 Trinity Mirror regains £175m in shares following review »
21.12 Océ offloads document tech arm »
21.12 Youth turn back on printed news »
21.12 Telegraph group renews pensions bid on West Ferry site »
21.12 Open Publishing And Content Management Software »
21.12 BPIF survey shows guarded optimism among printers following bumper autumn »
21.12 Taylowe to cut all 80 staff under administration »
21.12 New Digital Wide Format Print Show Bound For India »
21.12 6-Colour Press Draws New Customers To Printer »
21.12 Organisations' Merger Meets Printing's Needs »
21.12 Sustainable Print Not Just Environmentally Sound »
21.12 New Coloured Paper Range Is 50% Wool And Cotton »
21.12 Digital Print Boosts Transpromo Print Performance »
21.12 SMEs warned to put house in order over Christmas »
21.12 Trade body APMI joins with Picon »
21.12 Online Forum Fosters Greater Colour Knowledge »
21.12 Merger Forms Largest UK Post-Press Kit Supplier »
25.12 Webmart - eight questions for '08 »
25.12 Kodak - eight questions for '08 »
25.12 KBA - eight questions for '08 »
25.12 MAN Roland - eight questions for '08 »
27.12 Howitt - eight questions for '08 »
27.12 GMG - eight questions for '08 »