Newsarchive October 2008

01.10 Xerox introduces eco-friendly paper »
01.10 Royal Mail launches reward scheme for eco-friendly businesses »
01.10 Virtual IPMA Meeting A Success »
01.10 Ding Dong: Vendor Calling »
01.10 Tax Rebate Funds Green Purchase »
01.10 Green Machines Boost Colorado In-plant’s Sustainable Image »
01.10 Allstate Buys Its First Used Press »
01.10 Ole Miss In-plant Helps Presidential Debate Shine »
01.10 Arjowiggins promotes range with mail drop to 5,000 printers »
01.10 John McCormick confident of profit boom with foray into full-colour market »
01.10 Quark releases publishing system »
01.10 BCF reviews ink carbon footprinting »
01.10 Total PFS releases digital creaser »
01.10 De La Rue - an apology »
01.10 Océ continues 'aggresive' cost-cutting as it posts 7.1% fall in revenues »
01.10 FSC credibility 'being undermined', charity claims »
01.10 Fedrigoni creates Pergamenata swatch »
01.10 Flint Group buys Russell-Webb powder division »
01.10 HP launches large-format UV printer at Viscom »
02.10 Hiflex presents MIS software »
02.10 Proskills diploma 'will raise profile of PrintIT!' »
02.10 Industry heavyweights gather for packed Stationers' debate »
02.10 Dawson secures distribution deal with Newsquest »
02.10 Xpress Imprint invests in a Printmaster to compete with rivals »
02.10 Fujifilm Sericol targets UK signmakers with Euromedia business »
02.10 Ancient House Press rounds off £1m spend with double Heidelberg buy »
02.10 Domino launches secondary coding product at PPMA »
02.10 Premier Paper considers industry's eco-impact »
02.10 Outsourced adds MIS label system to range »
02.10 Buhrs to show film wrapping system at Graph Expo »
02.10 Muller Martini sells 100th Bolero to US finishing company »
02.10 Rose Calendars celebrates centenary with Speedmaster buy »
02.10 Extensis offers free upgrade of Universal Type Server »
02.10 Ancient House rounds off £1m spend with double Heidelberg buy »
02.10 UPM: paper prices need to reflect rising costs »
02.10 Hamsworth chosen to print Lib Dem newsletter »
02.10 Océ furthers links with large-format specialist Mutoh »
02.10 Noritsu unveils minilab printer »
03.10 Hiflex boasts 'only lights-out automation system' with upgraded MIS »
03.10 'Three printing groups in discussions' over Pindar buyout »
03.10 Copytech spends £85,000 to boost finishing services »
03.10 West Ferry move cost Telegraph Media Group £24m »
03.10 Polestar and William Gibbons win Future magazine contracts »
03.10 Presstek to showcase chemistry-free technology at Graph Expo »
03.10 Heidelberg woes worsen with £15.6m operating loss »
03.10 Krause to debut X-Jet platesetter for waterless printing »
03.10 Enfocus plans to show Crossroads potential at Ifra Expo »
03.10 Art Printing House boosts region's credentials with Ryobi press buy »
03.10 Canon launches Imageprograf large format printers »
03.10 Infoprint releases Productivity Tracker 2 »
03.10 Truepress Jet520 continues book printing success »
03.10 Charitable fund set up for former B&T employees »
03.10 TPF to be print management supplier to MEG »
03.10 Smart Graphics prints vehicle livery »
03.10 KAS Mailmaster 465HS »
03.10 Crossprint secures magazine printing deal »
03.10 Client Audit: M and M Direct »
03.10 Agfa to show new developments »
03.10 KBA hosts golf tournament »
03.10 NAPM promises to take action against 'dubious' pre-packs »
03.10 Sappi announces competition winners »
03.10 Pushing the envelope »
03.10 Inca unveils speedy inkjet printer »
03.10 Presstek to exhibit CTP products »
03.10 Dynagram to introduce InpO2 to US »
03.10 Vpress enhances Coreprint suite »
03.10 Is this the future? »
06.10 Antalis sets up environmental briefings to promote FSC accreditation »
06.10 Duplo launches entry-level colour printer »
06.10 Carbon Trust doubles limit for energy efficient loans scheme »
06.10 Founding directors sell up their share of The Print House »
06.10 Research reveals major drop in direct mail spending »
06.10 Macfarlane gains Far East foothold with Allpoint Packaging acquisition »
06.10 Grgprint.com targets small-format work with Heidelberg CD74 buy »
06.10 Henry Ling buys second HP Indigo 3050 to meet short-run demand »
06.10 CSG buys J&G Environmental to create 'comprehensive' waste management group »
06.10 Duplo launches entry-level colour digital duplicator »
07.10 KCS Trade Print launches new digital division »
07.10 Dorling Kindersley teams with art library to design 'unique' book »
07.10 Newbury orders Goss press »
07.10 Iceland nationalises Wyndeham shareholder Landsbanki »
07.10 HH renews IHG print contract »
07.10 McNaughton releases pre-creased packaging »
07.10 Sun Chemical launches sheetfed offset inks »
07.10 OKI recruits new chairman for EMEA region »
07.10 NWNG defies move away from independent printing with Goss buy »
07.10 Mitsubishi announces new UK MD at V3000 launch »
07.10 Total PFS announces UK launch of programmable digital creaser »
07.10 CDMS makes 'significant' investment to aid move towards transpromo »
08.10 Wyndeham: Iceland's Landsbanki collapse not affecting operations »
08.10 Interlock produces energy-saving adhesive »
08.10 Central banks cut interest rates to ease financial crisis »
08.10 Proskills calls on printers for lean manufacturing scheme »
08.10 FSB wants bank rescue plan to do more for small businesses »
08.10 Södra reveals success of carbon dioxide cutting initiative »
08.10 Redlin Print on acquisition trail after securing FSC award »
08.10 Twenty First Century Printers rebrands as TCPL Packaging »
08.10 Engineer killed in accident at St Ives' Peterborough plant »
08.10 Scottish government tenders £25m Scottish university contract »
08.10 James McNaughton up for Energy Saving Trust award »
09.10 4DM boosts digital capacity with double Xerox 700 buy »
09.10 Cambrian rounds off £6m spend with KBA long perfector »
09.10 DM industry welcomes Royal Mail discounts »
09.10 Award Offset buys India's first Heidelberg XL 75 »
09.10 Latest Mitsubishi Diamond web offset press unveiled »
09.10 Family printer updates post-press kit with Heidelberg guillotine »
09.10 Xanita promotes recycled PoP boards »
09.10 Island's paper gets tabloid format makeover after 120 years »
09.10 Océ scoops further accolade for Gemini duplex technology »
09.10 Monotype Imaging launches Arabic typeface »
09.10 CPI co-founder Bovard in surprise departure from company »
09.10 Al Nisr buys Cortina press from KBA »
09.10 HP displays new printers at annual conference »
09.10 Kodak extends Reseller Club Programme »
09.10 Alwan offers colour conversion at IFRA Expo »
09.10 Lake Image reduces legacy equipment's labour costs »
09.10 Sun Chemical holds Rapide distributor conference »
09.10 BT&D spends £750,000 in first new investment since opening »
09.10 Varioprint 6250 printer wins award for Oce »
09.10 Fujifilm to show TQC at Total Print Expo »
09.10 Fall kills workman at Tullis Russell's Glenrothes warehouse »
09.10 Guinness World Records ups print run to meet demand »
09.10 CLP nabs Europe's first EFI Jetrion 4000 »
10.10 DDS launches 24/7 access module for Accura system »
10.10 Drytac extends liquid laminating range »
10.10 Charterhouse opens Zurich office »
10.10 CW Print opts for flexibility with Prism's WIN MIS »
10.10 Eskoartwork launches Artpro version 9.0 »
10.10 Heidelberg Print Media Academy hosts seminars »
10.10 Laserserve 5.0 saves council time and money »
10.10 Bodoni Systems to showcase ViewSign software at TPE »
10.10 NAPM urges industry to unite with 'common voice' on paper's image »
10.10 EskoArtwork hails uptake of ArtPro version 9.0 »
10.10 Media roundup: w/e 10 October 2008 »
10.10 Canon introduces large-format printers for professional photography market »
10.10 Fuji to launch TQR at TPE »
10.10 Shuttleworth application to 'revolutionise' access to MIS data »
10.10 Former TPT staff launch new company »
10.10 Mail Solutions site damaged in fire »
10.10 Wyndeham Gait prints the Pink Rose Calendar for charity »
10.10 Client Audit: House of Commons »
10.10 Newsprinters claims it has achieved the UK's highest straight printed tabloid pagination »
10.10 James McNaughton up for award for fleet management »
10.10 DSTi Output awarded fourth ISO accreditation »
10.10 Esquire magazine's electronic display shows us the shape of things to come »
10.10 Will new UK plants counteract closures? »
10.10 Is it all the same under the skin? »
10.10 Offset blankets »
10.10 AR Adams & Sons boosts digital print capacity with Xerox 700 »
10.10 Robert Horne celebrates 10th anniversary of its coated papers »
10.10 Dsicmm completes investment in £10m Dagenham supersite »
10.10 Howitt joins with sister firms to become one-stop provider »
10.10 Linney Group awarded £1m printing tender »
10.10 Leicester City Council selects new raft of printers »
10.10 Welsh printers wins magazine contract »
10.10 Curtis Fine Papers' haulier ceases trading »
10.10 Just what the doctor ordered »
10.10 Execs expecting more mergers »
10.10 HSP's paper used for Peace One Day brochure »
13.10 Kodak to demo newspaper system at Ifraexpo »
13.10 Sequana claims 'a lot of interest' in sale of Arjowiggins security business »
13.10 US print giant buys London printer for UK debut »
13.10 Amazon launches print-on-demand service into UK »
13.10 Unite insists union bosses share 'warm friendship' despite infighting rumours »
13.10 Unite to meet with MPs to secure backing for Trinity Liverpool campaign »
13.10 News International mulls idea of printing newspapers remotely »
13.10 Howard Smith paper used for Peace One Day brochure »
13.10 Bodoni Fogra-certifies Tapestry »
13.10 Digital ink for ceramics firm is new Xaar partner »
13.10 Folder helps firm win GBP100,000 timetable order »
13.10 Digital perfecting system for on-demand book print »
13.10 New system controls colour register and cut off »
13.10 Digital press for photo books, brochures and DM »
13.10 New RIP Manager's job management functions »
13.10 Express Offset gets GAE saddlestitching line »
13.10 Gerald Judd translates label for River Publishing »
14.10 Digital colour print symposium to be held at London College of Communication »
14.10 UK debuts for three Canon presses at TPE »
14.10 TPE organiser hails strong line-up at 2008 show »
14.10 Konica Minolta unveils Bizhub trio at TPE »
14.10 Indigo founder named first 'Champion in Print' »
14.10 Charlesworth wins three more years to SGM contract »
14.10 Morgana launches 'glue efficient' binding machines »
14.10 GAE touts smart binding as survival tactic »
14.10 Rolling Stone downsizes »
14.10 Ricoh showcases Pro C900 at TPE »
14.10 Xpress Imprint invests in PM 52 to boost its print productivity »
14.10 Economic gloom puts Agfa's £94m cost-cutting plan into action »
14.10 OKI debuts C9850 and names European chief at TPE »
14.10 Info-Tec releases the Kimoto Freejet 320 printer »
14.10 Buhrs introduces the Buhrs 4000 DPW system »
14.10 Blanc Canvas to revolutionise box canvas production »
14.10 BPIF hosts briefings at TPE »
14.10 Caslon speeds up card cutter »
14.10 Avco shows off CD printing »
14.10 Ricoh shocases Pro C900 at TPE »
14.10 Introduction to Colour Management course announced »
14.10 Fujifilm launches XMF 2.0 into UK »
14.10 Presstek launches platesetter pair at TPE »
14.10 TCS pushes guillotines and binding at TPE »
15.10 Fuji technology boosts digital print quality »
15.10 Mastercolour finishes investment round with Heidelberg stitching line »
15.10 Colourstream installs UK's first 10-colour Anicolor long perfector »
15.10 Heidelberg Anicolor challenges digital kit in short-run market »
15.10 Robert Horne becomes UK dealer for the CJV30 »
15.10 CFH boasts profit surge »
15.10 Newsprinters hosts ViP best practice visit at Knowsley »
15.10 Express Offset takes control with Horizon StitchLiner »
15.10 New Sharp printing kit targets mono market »
15.10 Roland unveils LEC-300 with added-value aim »
15.10 Brookdale stops cracking with Duplo kit »
15.10 Independent Paper adds Amadeus to 3R range »
15.10 Paper mill death case ends in £335,000 settlement »
15.10 Nipson restructures finances to secure future »
15.10 Xaar urges caution on soft sales in China »
15.10 Train incident disrupts TPE opening »
15.10 Ricoh claims 18 printers signed up to Pro C900 sale »
15.10 PremierBeswick seals Creazy Indigo deal »
15.10 Ancient House wins PEFC badge »
16.10 Amazon denies POD is threat to UK printers »
16.10 The benefits of being green and lean »
16.10 Morgana’s 5000P gets first showing at Expo »
16.10 Taws Printers signs for Ricoh C900 at show »
16.10 Recession is inevitable despite interest rate cuts, says analyst »
16.10 Printondemand boosts capacity with Nuvera »
16.10 Clinical Print Finishing reaps the benefits of its TPE showing »
16.10 Morgana's 5000P gets first showing at Expo »
16.10 Unemployment soars at fastest rate for 17 years »
16.10 On-demand is growth area, says Murodigital »
16.10 Mixing digital and litho works best for visitors and exhibitors »
16.10 Printers not yet seeing web-to-print benefits »
16.10 Impression Polska buys KBA offset litho press »
16.10 Dakota Instruments develops flow meters »
16.10 Domino takes over PAT's air cleaning business »
16.10 Buhrs to show inserter upgrade at Graph Expo »
16.10 Fujifilm to unveil UV inkjet printer at Graph Expo »
16.10 Historic label firm Buckleys set to fall into hands of liquidators »
16.10 Printondemand boosts capacity with Nuvera »
16.10 Punch Graphix's Mooney to retire from industry »
16.10 Gandlake saves council money »
17.10 MIS tops must-have list at Graph Expo »
17.10 Sensor Products launches smaller nip measuring tool »
17.10 Connect Communications wins Edinburgh council magazine contract »
17.10 Three-quarters of SMEs 'not bidding for government contracts' »
17.10 Premier Paper contradicts NAPM's campaign to promote paper's image »
17.10 Fujifilm heralds Xerox tie-up at TPE »
17.10 Print giants to exchange strategies at sustainability summit »
17.10 Wyndeham rubbishes cash flow rumours »
17.10 EFI completes buyout of Raster Printers »
17.10 Ingram Digital signs e-book deal with Penguin Group »
17.10 Wyndeham cash flow rumours rubbished as accounts unfrozen »
17.10 UK trade deficit at record high »
17.10 Six numbers and a property paper »
17.10 Xaar chiefs chill out on a night on the town »
17.10 Newspaper networks »
17.10 Webmart wins award »
17.10 John Thompson Associates partners with International Management Consultants »
17.10 Antalis launches packaging catalogue »
17.10 Over 650 printers register for Earthtone print procurement software »
17.10 Fastsigns employee named as national finalist in HSBC awards »
17.10 D&K releases range of rollers »
17.10 Amadeus brand added to Denmaur's 3R range »
17.10 Record breaking jigsaw »
17.10 Experts hopeful that bailout will aid print access to loans »
19.10 Calls for industry to get behind climate change targets »
20.10 HP unveils 500sqm an hour FB7500 flatbed press »
20.10 Nectar card printer ID Data gears for administration »
20.10 Océ to sell Kodak production kit into the Netherlands »
20.10 Engineer hospitalised following electric shock at News International »
20.10 Cameron calls for VAT deferral for small businesses »
20.10 Mandelson returns to Royal Mail privatisation plan »
20.10 Cliffe pulls in council timetable work »
20.10 Kodak to sell Aprimo marketing software with Design2Launch »
21.10 Paragon boasts tenth year of turnover growth with 2008 results »
21.10 PrintWeek Awards 2008 - the winners »
21.10 Threat to mill puts nearly 400 jobs at risk »
21.10 Pre-press Company of the Year - Winner: Zebra »
21.10 Xerox unveils new 6279 wide format printer for architectural documents »
21.10 Long term unemployment grows in print industry »
21.10 St Ives posts bullish 2008 results »
21.10 PrintWeek Company of the Year: York Mailing »
21.10 DS Smith raises corrugated prices »
21.10 Talisman greens paper stocks with FSC and PEFC badges »
21.10 Robson print looks at personalisation with Canon buy »
21.10 Junk food print ads jump 42% »
22.10 Sheffield council deals out print contracts »
22.10 M-real warns of more prices rises in financial results »
22.10 Kit auctions surge as recession bites »
22.10 Heron boosts business with Presstek kit »
22.10 PaperCo adds Gandinnovations kit to grand format range »
22.10 Manufacturing sector hits worst state since 1980 »
22.10 Recruitment poachers 'killing' staff training »
22.10 Direct mail industry supports Royal Mail privatisation plans »
22.10 Rowe bosses declared bankrupt »
22.10 Duplo refreshes friction collator range »
23.10 PCP to print tourist literature for Yorkshire council »
23.10 Drytac launches coating and laminating ranges »
23.10 Tesco Media Publishing agrees work placement scheme with Leeds college »
23.10 GAS announces largest ever foil stamping equipment »
23.10 Morgana touts double digit sales growth »
23.10 Stora Enso profits drop beats forecast »
23.10 Independent Paper stocks Navigator »
23.10 PEFC agrees sponsorship deal »
23.10 Verso announces new accreditations »
23.10 Antalis offers free ecobutton »
23.10 The Lettershop Group installs £1m offline finishing system »
23.10 Book group dismisses e-paper threat »
23.10 Tesco agrees print work placement scheme with Leeds college »
23.10 Pearson B2 buy set to double turnover »
23.10 Océ unveils latest Arizona UV flatbed model »
23.10 Trilogy adds Duplo finishing to digital arsenal »
23.10 Kompac launches offline finishing kit »
23.10 Screen bags Product of the Year gong at US show »
23.10 Antalis wins Wolseley packaging deal »
24.10 T.D. Gorman in liquidation »
24.10 UK economy in reverse, but weak pound offers hope »
24.10 Pindar’s Cooper Clegg sale moves step closer »
24.10 Funding gap scraps £1bn Scottish pulp and paper project »
24.10 BBC's Working Lunch features print business expert »
24.10 Finance expert warns printers against "sick" companies »
24.10 HP buy doubles flatbed output for John E Wright »
24.10 EFI to sell part of campus and fund buy-back scheme »
24.10 Compose launches automating prepress software »
24.10 Unite and Scottish government fight for staff at IP's Inverurie mill »
24.10 Wrights' makereadies cut with H'berg Prinect »
24.10 Bytes' Infigo 3 debuts at TPE »
24.10 Stora named in RISI ranking »
24.10 Benson Box gets health and safey award »
24.10 Gilchrist expands sales team »
24.10 Resource Print backs police team »
24.10 Printers for Hammersmith tender announced »
24.10 APS wins Oldham contract »
24.10 James McNaughton introduces three new board weights »
24.10 Stora named in RSI ranking »
24.10 New Sharp kit to boost UK profile »
24.10 Wrights’ makereadies cut with H’berg Prinect »
24.10 Bytes’ Infigo 3 debuts at TPE »
24.10 Total Print! Expo hailed a success by exhibitors »
24.10 Gandy receives award »
24.10 Schools scheme win for PaperCo »
24.10 Deltor unveils its new press »
24.10 ODC buys Kall Kwik Middlesbrough »
24.10 Paper Thin »
24.10 Communisis in software deal »
27.10 Pragati Offset calendar scoops Sappi gong »
27.10 HH Print Management scoops award for prepress workflow »
27.10 Duplo notches up 1,000 sales of Ideal guillotines »
27.10 FSC steps back from US division's lawsuit against Bush Administration »
27.10 Martins completes £300,000 finishing upgrade »
27.10 VIP 'recession' conference selling out fast »
27.10 Wide-format demand prompts kit investment »
27.10 Quark makes QPS8 Adobe-friendly »
27.10 HMRC lowers interest rates for late tax payments »
27.10 Inca launches Onset S20 to bridge flatbed range »
27.10 Economists warn government against spending its way out of recession »
27.10 Survey proves good print buyers save companies billions in print costs »
27.10 VIP "recession" conference selling out fast »
27.10 Print bosses talk business to the BBC »
27.10 Wide format demand prompts kit investment »
27.10 Xerox reveals 3,000 jobs to go in third quarter figures »
28.10 Total PFS opens web shop for small finishing kit »
28.10 Cartonmaster calls in administrators »
28.10 UPDATE: Details emerge of DSR deal »
28.10 Printing on Youtube »
28.10 Details emerge of DSR deal »
28.10 Family-run printer Swift Print goes into liquidation »
28.10 UPM claims pushing prices helped 3Q figures »
28.10 Ex-Wyndeham division removes Wyndeham name in rebrand »
28.10 Repropoint launches into multi-channel marketing »
28.10 Midland News Association announces print site changes in bid to save £3m »
28.10 Howard Hunt's £4m upgrade includes Mitsubishi Diamond press »
28.10 Italy's Pixart.it first in Europe with KIP wide-format kit »
28.10 Paper giants to push prices as 3Q figures struggle »
28.10 HP teams with Timsons for Inkjet Web Press finishing kit »
28.10 DSR to restructure after key client goes bust »
29.10 Printoff Graphic Arts eyes FSC award following ISO 14001 accreditation »
29.10 Northend hints at expansion plans following green accreditations »
29.10 Nuprint slams 'crazy' waste collection rules »
29.10 Warning to printers over 'worrying' number of UK data breaches »
29.10 Legal battle after Immerse Group calls in administrators »
29.10 Nearly a third of SMEs 'don't have any environmental policies' »
29.10 VaryPress maker Nipson places core French division into administration »
29.10 US customs meant kit-free Graph Expo for Autobond »
29.10 Communisis ties with Williams Lea for HBOS work »
29.10 US national newspaper to ditch daily print issue for website »
29.10 Gemini Press boosts die-cutting with Varimatrix buy »
29.10 Charterhouse adds to European expansion with Zurich office »
30.10 Ferag debuts EasSert inserting line at Ifra Expo »
30.10 Wrightsons boosts folding output »
30.10 Commercial printers should offer newspaper contracts - KBA »
30.10 Ferag debuts EasySert inserting line at Ifra Expo »
30.10 B&B Press champions Kirikko card cutter investment »
30.10 Wyndeham Pre-Press launches digital edition eMag module »
30.10 Domino to axe 70 UK jobs as part of global cuts »
30.10 Agfa Graphics blames economic slowdown for fall in sales »
30.10 X-Rite shareholders approve £94m shares sale »
30.10 KIP boasts 'world's first' toner-based wide-format machine »
30.10 Darling unveils £4bn business fund package »
31.10 BAPC details speakers for annual conference »
31.10 Agfa UK boss claims '91 slowdown was worse »
31.10 PaperCo's King shuffles management »
31.10 Arjowiggins to produce 9Lives »
31.10 Preview Cromatic buys Screen kit for high-volume play »
31.10 Roland DG bags 'Product of the Year' award »
31.10 Ratcliff & Roper buy fifth Heidelberg as health sector work increases »
31.10 Océ bolsters cutsheet portfolio with VarioPrint launch »
31.10 HH to manage Asda print in one of 2008's 'largest' contracts »
31.10 Etrinsic adds Hassan-Hussain as client services manager »
31.10 Alwan and Enfocus team to ease ISO 12647 compliance »
31.10 Goodman Baylis falls to administrators weeks after buyout »
31.10 Manroland appoints Kandlbinder »
31.10 Newsworld buys Screen kit for US printing of Daily Mail »
31.10 Service Point in site opening »
31.10 Xerox bags five-year Kirklees Council contract »
31.10 Printoff gets eco standard »
31.10 Leach Colour gets Queen's Award »
31.10 Swanline develops 'fishing box' »
31.10 Orchestra Group orders Drent Vision press »
31.10 Friary boss quits after three months »
31.10 Multi-channel services can add value to printers, say experts »
31.10 Would you buy secondhand kit from an online auction? »
31.10 Could on-monitor proofing catch on? »
31.10 Overcoming outsourcing and quality concerns to take on pre-press leaders »
31.10 CFH wins Cattles deal »
31.10 Sheffield council decides on tender printers »
31.10 Pureprint extends Watson contract »
31.10 Renz says TPE exceeded expectations »
31.10 Precision's Bright completes endurance challenge »