Newsarchive December 2009

01.12 Team Pindar detained by Iranian Navy »
01.12 BSkyB beefs up Sky magazine »
01.12 PrintCity Alliance signs Copenhagen Communiqué »
01.12 Proskills chief executive 'disappointed' with government skills strategy plans »
01.12 UPM to supply 9m sheets of paper for UN Climate Change Conference »
01.12 Sappi Europe increases price of speciality papers by 5-7% »
01.12 Patent filing signals digital move for Manroland »
01.12 EFI defends Durst German IP suit »
01.12 Northern Ireland's largest printing company up for sale »
01.12 Colourworld aims to grow turnover by bringing B1 in-house »
01.12 Canon's bid for Océ gathers pace »
01.12 Mystery London freesheet to launch in 2010 »
02.12 Iran releases Team Pindar crew »
02.12 Fedrigoni adds grades to Freelife environmental swatch »
02.12 Océ Imaging Supplies heralds PEFC milestone for wide-format papers »
02.12 Cats Solutions acquires LDSI to create £15m-turnover group »
02.12 One in five small businesses delays taking on green credentials, says FPB »
02.12 Publishing magazine looks to become technology testbed »
03.12 Tangent to tailor Toolkit for Dutch Socialist Party campaign »
03.12 Targetcolour teams with ColorLogic and announces three products »
03.12 Graham & Heslip bought out of administration by C&R Print »
03.12 Quark offers two-for-one licence deal on QuarkXPress 8 »
03.12 Stralfors to scale down form printing business and focus on digital »
03.12 Graham & Heslip bought out of administration by new company »
03.12 Wyndeham picks up three more Haymarket titles »
03.12 Forestry visit on offer in Two Sides competition »
03.12 PrintWeek Breakfast Briefings launch with successful London event »
03.12 Screen unveils the first Equiosnet component with Trueflow SE v7.0 »
03.12 Targetcolour-ColorLogic joint venture announces 3 launches »
03.12 Tangent to talior Toolkit for Dutch Socialist Party campaign »
04.12 DS Print & Redesign installs UK's first MBO T535/64 »
04.12 Keele University bookbinding department installs Horizon perfect binder »
04.12 CFH wins Hays contract »
04.12 State-owned banks unlikely to meet business lending targets, NAO claims »
04.12 BPIF to hold 'New Normal' finance conference »
04.12 New online greetings card service expands with Duplo investment »
04.12 Total PFS adds A3 to Procreaser range »
04.12 Response Analysis Mailing closes doors »
04.12 Workers strike at three Sappi mills »
04.12 90% of print businesses at risk of collapse - Tenon Recovery »
04.12 Print experts tell chancellor to cut 'legal minefield' of red tape »
04.12 Reader Reaction: What impact will the recession have on the print industry? »
04.12 4DM chief warns of DM sector's need to adapt »
07.12 Organisers claim big interest in wide-format at Ipex 2010 »
07.12 Contra Vision offers free guide to see-through graphics »
07.12 Fujifilm to show EskoArtwork Kongsberg in UK showroom »
07.12 Art print professor's sponsorship at CFPR extended by HP »
07.12 GMG adds language support to calibration tool SmartProfiler »
07.12 Durst boosts glass decoration market with sol-gel ink »
07.12 Ricoh Fantasy Football League November winner announced »
07.12 Baker Street Tube gets Sherlock Holmes makeover ahead of new film »
07.12 AMM boosts capacity 30% with Xerox spend »
07.12 Iggesund mill workers vote for strike action »
07.12 Reader offer company launches first print catalogue for new title »
07.12 Graham & Heslip redundancy process questioned by Unite »
07.12 Denmaur Independent Papers launches Amadeus swatch »
07.12 First Class Post increases capacity with Renaddress digital printer install »
07.12 Arjowiggins unveils Curios Cosmic range »
07.12 Durst cracks glass decoration with sol-gel ink »
08.12 Pyramid Visuals installs Spyder after calls for faster turnaround »
08.12 Xerox hit by toner shortage »
08.12 Wyndeham plays down strike threat at Southernprint »
08.12 Ricoh UK 'harmonises' back-office functions with InfoTech integration »
08.12 Niche technologies boost Domino results »
08.12 Paperlinx to exit paper manufacturing »
08.12 AMM boosts capacity by 30% with Xerox spend »
09.12 Integrity Print makes digital move with Xeikon install »
09.12 Cre8ive Press targets 40% productivity increase with Perfecta spend »
09.12 Kingston Cartons installs Visioncut after increase in demand »
09.12 Duplo launches UK-specific website for Ideal »
09.12 New MBO folding machine is 'world's quietest' »
09.12 H&M sets up photobook division after Ashgate install »
09.12 Mitsubishi HiTec Paper increases price of giroform carbonless paper »
09.12 M-real restructures speciality paper division »
09.12 Cowan Print opts for short-run litho over digital »
09.12 Businesses escape significant tax increases in PBR »
09.12 Arjowiggins provides paper for Copenhagen brochure »
09.12 Sappi, HP, APRIL and Heidelberg sign up to Copenhagen Communiqué »
09.12 Experts debate merits of colour management in live webcast »
09.12 Mitsubishi HiTec Paper increases price of thermoscript point-of-sale thermo papers »
09.12 PrintIT! campaign passes 100,000 students milestone »
09.12 PRE-BUDGET REPORT MINUTE BY MINUTE »
10.12 Global Graphics aims to unlock market with 'disruptive pricing strategy' »
10.12 Bank of England holds rates for 10th month »
10.12 BPIF slams National Insurance rise »
10.12 Klearvision offers 'push-button colour' with Kolor-D »
10.12 Erskine Print gets DigiQuote-Lite and FileMaker Pro software »
10.12 Quay 63 offers free plates trial »
10.12 PaperCo's 9lives offset used for fundraising book »
10.12 Archant refinances £50m debt »
11.12 Lick Digital expands business with acquisition of Topcopy »
11.12 Printers speak out over Xerox toner shortage »
11.12 Nano-science to make charged paper 'batteries' commercial reality »
11.12 Print industry welcomes new patent legislation »
11.12 Proskills successfully relicenses sector skills council status »
11.12 Cromack to join Lateral Group »
11.12 Haymarket motoring website moves into print »
11.12 Printers speak out on Xerox toner shortage »
11.12 Southernprint staff set for New Year ballot »
11.12 Reader Reaction: How do you ensure the security of your customers' data? »
11.12 Industry reacts with anger to Tenon's 'misleading' statistics »
11.12 GMG ColorServer »
14.12 Madico launches window film portal »
14.12 New Mimaki UJF ups size, speed, thickness and quality »
14.12 'Failure' of trade credit insurance scheme not unexpected, says Aon »
14.12 Abitibibowater gets FSC for 6.1m acres of Canadian forest »
14.12 HP highlights its customers' capabilities to print buyers on new website »
14.12 CDMS adopts Transactis brand »
14.12 Canon and Océ report 'good progress' in acquisition offer »
15.12 Rufford Printing brings platemaking in-house with Vector spend »
15.12 Global warming is 'biggest threat and biggest opportunity' for print »
15.12 David Chipperfield Architects chooses Baddeley Brothers' traditional skills for stationery work »
15.12 Carousel Envelopes installs four-colour Halm EM 4000 »
15.12 Xerox toner shortage will be over by Christmas: BPIF »
15.12 James McNaughton Group provides paper for Royal Variety programme »
15.12 B&P Group falls to administrators »
15.12 GW Chapman sold out of administration »
15.12 David Chipperfield Architects choose Baddeley Brothers' traditional skills for stationery work »
15.12 Polestar Sheffield staff vote on new pay deal »
15.12 Illuminated posters and packaging are first products from printed electronics firm »
16.12 Konica Minolta provides print kit for UN Climate Change summit »
16.12 Bauer's Empire magazine gets Mirri makeover for 10-cover special December issue »
16.12 BemroseBooth agrees sale of Derby site »
17.12 Sappi to close Kangas mill »
17.12 Wallpaper* enters new decade with AR cover »
17.12 Ultimate Packaging prints Rudolph potato bags »
17.12 Royal Mail rival Deutsche Post no longer VAT exempt in Germany »
17.12 Adobe support for ePub fuels e-book wrangle »
17.12 Dalim adds to ES Core range »
17.12 MBA Group invests in GMC PrintNet software »
17.12 Bespoke Envelopes Direct sale completed »
17.12 Digitally printed textiles market to grow, report predicts »
17.12 Manroland GB no longer reliant on press sales »
17.12 Polestar Colchester becomes ISO 14001 certified »
17.12 BemroseBooth staff in consultation ahead of site move »
17.12 Sappi to close Kangas mill with 150 job losses »
17.12 Doubts raised over deadline for cheque phase-out »
17.12 Prime Group expands personalised product range with Pageflex Server »
18.12 Robert Gordon University upgrades Polar guillotine »
18.12 CCL Label installs Herzog + Heymann »
18.12 Renz launches new website as part of global rebrand »
18.12 Mimaki launches 3.2m direct-to-textile and dye-sub printer »
18.12 Pressroom consumables III »
18.12 Duplo DC-615 »
18.12 Duplo's Horne passes away »
18.12 Rumours resurface over possible Lebedev bid for The Independent »
18.12 SMEs warned not to take public sector work for granted »
18.12 Media speculation claims Manchester Evening News to go to Trinity »
18.12 New rules mean extra ad spaces on taxis »
21.12 UPDATED: Litho Supplies suspends shares but insists 'business as usual' »
21.12 Formpro MM in administration »
21.12 Polestar Sheffield averts industrial action with pay deal »
21.12 GMG receives Fogra 47L certification for two proofing systems »
21.12 WPS aims to grow business following investment injection »
21.12 CBI predicts slow recovery for UK economy »
22.12 Canon's acquisition of Océ approved by European Commission »
22.12 Key assets of Formpro MM sold in pre-pack deal »
22.12 Totally Dynamic takes on new wrapping venture »
22.12 Litho Supplies calls in administrators following share suspension »
23.12 The Tall Group acquires ID Data out of administration »
23.12 Two Sides announces 12 additional members »
23.12 Connekt Colour scoops British Book Design and Production Awards prize »
23.12 Adare makes brace of new appointments »
23.12 Epson relocates to new Hemel Hempstead residence »
24.12 A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all at PrintWeek »
25.12 New year's prediction: Nick Dixon, Lateral Group »
25.12 12 days of print predictions »
26.12 New year's prediction: Andrew Brown, BPIF »
26.12 Sahaya Print Services nabs India's first Truepress 344 »
27.12 New year's prediction: Nicholas Mockett, Moorgate Capital »
28.12 New year's prediction: Paul Manning, Printflow »
29.12 New year's prediction: Miles Linney, Linney Group »
29.12 GAE distances itself from administration of Litho Supplies »
30.12 New year's prediction: Andy Tyler-Smith, ColourWorld Winchester »
31.12 New year's prediction: Tim Lance, X1 »