Newsarchive September 2009

01.09 Abbotts future uncertain as bailiffs seize site »
01.09 CPI Mackays completes 50,000 run of Michael Jackson biography »
01.09 Potts Printers invests in Heidelberg following NHS contract win »
01.09 TMG's Acorn Web Offset sold to magazine printer »
01.09 Printweek.com wide-format webcast offers tips on success in a new sector »
01.09 Donald Murray Paper collects waste from golf tournament »
02.09 Outdoor plays big role in growth of trade credit bartering »
02.09 Nationwide to control direct mail costs with transpromo initiative »
02.09 PaperCo Airmiles scheme targets carbonless paper users »
02.09 SpotOn! Press at Print 09 with pressroom and pre-press kit »
02.09 Sun Chemical to preview its SmartColour Global Shade Library service »
02.09 Ultrachem to launch range of UV inks and water-based coatings »
02.09 Bodoni updates pressSIGN software »
02.09 BT&D invests £300,000 in platesetter and workflow »
02.09 Technifold USA to showcase creasing technology at Print 09 »
02.09 T Snape & Co upgrades to Suprasetter model »
02.09 Double addition to Alinte range »
02.09 Roland DG to launch LEC-330 30in inkjet printer/cutter »
02.09 GMG moves to direct sales model »
02.09 Press giants 'must shed assets if merger is to go ahead', reports claim »
02.09 UPM completes major eco accreditation scheme across global sites »
02.09 Statexcolourprint invests in latest Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75-10P »
02.09 Southernprint to print new John Lewis magazine »
02.09 Schuh refits flagship store with peep-show style window graphic »
02.09 John Lewis launches Edition customer magazine »
02.09 Envirowise urges printers to save on water costs »
02.09 Survey reveals mixed view of order intake from printers »
03.09 Dynagram lines up double product lauch for Print 09 »
03.09 Azimuth Print moves into digital with Konica Minolta investment »
03.09 Magnet Harlequin and Maglabs chairman Patrick Bell steps down »
03.09 VIM to debut Epson-based CTP system at Print 09 »
03.09 HP to run free web-to-print seminar and expo in London »
03.09 Debenhams in-house printer seals Agfa deal »
03.09 ADM takes staff from failed local printer to run new finishing arm »
04.09 Drytac launches liquid laminates »
04.09 KBA forms strategic alliance with Indian web press manufacturer »
04.09 Future of The Independent called into question again »
04.09 Techkon SpectroJet lowers cost of scanning spectrophotometry »
04.09 Extra space at R&R after Morgana spend »
04.09 Businesses warned over swine flu complacency »
04.09 Sunline Solutions upgrades finishing with Pars-Tec investment »
04.09 X-Rite launches EasyTrax low-cost scanning spectrophotometer »
04.09 Limetree updates finishing in £250,000 spend »
07.09 Mitsubishi HiTec's Bielefeld plant gets cash boost from parent group »
07.09 Moonpig's sales and profits soar »
07.09 Trinity Mirror blasts Unite over 'extraordinary' plans for industrial action »
07.09 New 'environmental' print procurement forum launches »
07.09 'Environmental' print procurement forum launches »
07.09 Former Bespoke team favourites for buyout »
07.09 Aftermarket Mimaki JV3 solvent ink launched by Colorific »
07.09 Stringer joins EskoArtwork in worldwide wide-format development role »
07.09 Octi-Tech announces Digi-Coat sublimation coatings range »
07.09 Johnston Press denies Yorkshire Post print move »
07.09 New 'environmental' print brokerage service launches »
07.09 Charlotte Stockting elected as trustee of Printer's Charitable Corportation »
07.09 Georgia-Pacific enters into consultation over the future of 77 staff »
07.09 Roland DG unveils VersaCamm SP-540i and SP-300i models »
07.09 Climate Change Fund pledges £497,000 to Tullis Russell eco project »
08.09 Independent refuses to confirm strategic investment offers »
08.09 Administrators for Piggott Black Bear axe seven jobs as hunt for buyer continues »
08.09 Baker Self Adhesive Labels takes UK's first HP Indigo WS6000 »
08.09 Unite sets date for Trinity Mirror action »
08.09 Guardian Print Centre makes 'peace' with Unite over redundancies »
08.09 PrintWeek Top 500 »
08.09 Bauer brings printing of two magazine titles back to UK »
08.09 Digital Studio gears up for second year with new web portal »
09.09 Brochure Printer of the Year 2009 - shortlist »
09.09 Newspaper Printer of the Year 2009 - shortlist »
09.09 Creative Repro Company of the Year 2009 - shortlist »
09.09 Consumer Magazine Printer of the Year 2009 - shortlist »
09.09 Post-Press Company of the Year 2009 - shortlist »
09.09 Pre-press Company of the Year 2009 - shortlist »
09.09 Environmental Company of the Year 2009 - shortlist »
09.09 Packaging Printer of the Year 2009 - shortlist »
09.09 Americans to get on the day Irish Times »
09.09 Paperlinx goes from profit to £415.5m loss in space of a year »
09.09 Paper grade launched from fallow land products »
09.09 Radox commissions 430,000 splash-proof books for Be-Selfish campaign »
09.09 APP claims global certification first »
09.09 Elle magazine celebrates British fashion designers with London Underground poster campaign »
09.09 ECRM takes new platesetter and RIP to Print 09 »
09.09 Italian printer buys country's first Inca Onset S20 flatbed »
10.09 DistributorX to hold workflow seminars »
10.09 Two Sides launches awareness campaign »
10.09 PrintWeek Awards 2009 shortlist revealed »
10.09 Company of the Year 2009 - shortlist »
10.09 Digital and environmental papers are focus of Neenah's Print 09 offering »
10.09 PIP Print invests in Ashgate kit after site move »
10.09 Pitney Bowes opens European technology centre »
10.09 Ricoh to show commitment to industry at Print 09 »
10.09 Océ to focus on digital book production at Print 09 »
10.09 PRINTplusX workshop calls for more value-add in print »
10.09 Strike action leaves backlog of millions of items »
10.09 Retired printers visit Lightning Source »
10.09 TranseoMedia appoints new managing director »
10.09 Xeikon to demonstrate transpromo applications »
10.09 Screen updates online job submission software »
10.09 Printing & Packaging Co installs UK's first Fuji Brilla HD Pro-V plates »
10.09 Digital and environmental papers to be focus of Neenah's Print 09 offering »
10.09 GASC to host seminar on expanding into high-volume market »
10.09 Ricoh to show commitment to industry at second Print show »
11.09 Wyndeham saves 34 tonnes of CO2 following plate switch »
11.09 TimeHarvest launches 'Instant' web-to-print system »
11.09 CPI Antony Rowe invests in fifth Océ VarioPrint 6250 »
11.09 M-real increases price of Kemiart coated and uncoated white top kraftliner grades »
11.09 Wyndeham Heron makes carbon savings with switch to processless plate »
11.09 Wyndeham Heron makes carbon savings with Energy Elite plate »
11.09 GI Direct begins beta testing Kodak Insite Campaign Manager »
11.09 Haymarket brings monthly title back to UK »
11.09 Reader Reaction: Do you use social networking sites to boost your business? »
11.09 Océ unveils class-leading mono production printer at Print 09 »
11.09 Marks & Spencer launches personalised greetings cards service »
11.09 HH names latest board appointees »
11.09 EFG hailed a success as fears of naysayers fail to materialise »
11.09 Gough to leave Robert Horne »
11.09 GPT adds Zünd cutters to portfolio »
11.09 Kensett in £1m finishing investment »
11.09 GI Direct begins beta testing Kodak Insite Campaign Manager. »
11.09 Google develops micropayment system for paid-for online content »
13.09 Carbon Trust and Paphitis launch new kit investment scheme »
14.09 Mohawk Fine Papers boosts environmental paper range »
14.09 Drupa 2012 shows its colours at Print 09 »
14.09 Komori shows off Lithrone and Spica waste-reducing presses »
14.09 Royal Mail strikes could lead to drop in value of direct mail warns DMA »
14.09 SPS Rehmus undergoes management buy-out »
14.09 LithoTechnics launches Metrix 3.7, including server edition, at Print 09 »
14.09 Kern shows off high speed cutter at Print 09 »
14.09 KBA North America celebrates first Rapida 75 sale at Print 09 »
14.09 Howitt, Polestar and Bezier among the best print companies to work for, new research shows »
14.09 Howitt, Polestar and Bezier among the best print companies to work for, research claims »
14.09 Johnston Press to close Kilkenny »
14.09 Israeli company steps into embossing market »
14.09 Efficient printing 'could save in-plants £2.1bn a year', research claims »
14.09 Dialogue Solutions invests in third Xerox iGen3 colour press »
15.09 Fear of sour customer relations stops printers chasing bad debts »
15.09 Paragon takes on three presses to meet short-run demand »
15.09 ViP event aims to save 'average' printer £460k »
15.09 GMG and Barbieri partner for wide-format colour package »
15.09 PMP Solutions in administration »
15.09 Roland revealed as metallic inkjet pioneer »
15.09 Paragon takes on three new presses to meet short-run demand »
15.09 Archant completes £8m kit installation »
15.09 Print 09 debut for Screen Truepress Jet1600UV-F »
16.09 APS Group buys PMP Complete Solutions »
16.09 Titan rolls out 100 digital six-sheet screens across UK shopping centres »
16.09 Independent secures £40m in print deals despite ongoing internal fighting »
16.09 Pitney Bowes turns to HP for transactional print solution »
16.09 Reader Reaction: Could reconnecting with designers be a lifeline for print? »
16.09 Unemployment at highest rate for 14 years despite 'signs of recovery' »
16.09 Caris to discuss industry profitability at ERA conference »
16.09 Dats Print Services secures FSC as part of client expansion plan »
17.09 Xerox launches iGen4 220 Perfecting Press »
17.09 Dewsbury and Mackay in surprise ODC exit »
17.09 Hillhouse to leave Presstek »
17.09 Paperlinx rejects damning report on environmental credentials of North American operation »
17.09 Tangent acquires Snowball in £3.2m deal »
17.09 Blue Group officially opens Essex 'supersite' »
17.09 HP to target transpromo market with RR Donnelley partnership »
17.09 CWU ballots members on national postal strike »
18.09 Piggott Black Bear bought by Celinco »
18.09 Bell & Bain in line for disposal says PAC »
18.09 Senator reduces costs with Heidelberg Cylinder investment »
18.09 Remous seals move into web-to-print with Horizon StitchLiner »
18.09 Duplo claims industry interest in kit event shows upturn is underway »
18.09 Primera changeover accelerated with quick-transfer trolley »
18.09 DocuMaster in at Connekt Group »
18.09 Stora Enso's Multicopy grade bags four environmental certifications »
18.09 Union still hopeful of deal ahead of planned industrial action at Trinity sites »
18.09 Canon launches imageRunner Advance range to capitalise on PoD growth »
18.09 Shephard ousted from PPA position »
18.09 Print 09 event receives upbeat reviews despite fall in visitors »
18.09 SMP takes on digital work with £750,000 investment »
18.09 Could weak pound strengthen UK print? »
18.09 Nipson hit with £1.8m debt repayment demand »
18.09 Pulpwood prices 'down across all of Europe' »
18.09 The Observer will not be closed - GNM »
18.09 EFG costs 'severely restrictive', say small firms »
21.09 Cambridge University Press directors face expenses claims »
21.09 St Ives appoints Bezier's Cole to head up Service Graphics division »
21.09 Domino Printing Sciences reports initial signs of recovery »
21.09 PrintIT! takes on new 'green' identity »
21.09 Insolvency rate 'falls to lowest level since September 2008' »
21.09 Presstek targets mass market with Aeon plate »
22.09 POP printers form consortium to offer pan-European supplier »
22.09 Spirit Print Solutions to be placed into liquidation »
22.09 GMG ColorServer 4.6 adds wide-format functionality »
22.09 London trial for 3D advertising screens »
22.09 HumanEyes adds EFI Rastek and Gerber to roster of lenticular production partners »
22.09 Zünd shows improved productivity through automation at Viscom »
22.09 Epson Stylus Pro WT7900 is world first for water-based white ink »
22.09 Industrial action at Trinity averted »
22.09 INM on verge of rescue, reports claim »
22.09 Priority Mailing and Digital Print becomes ISO 14001 certified »
22.09 Google adds 2m books to Espresso Book Machine catalogue »
22.09 Xerox launches perfecting Nuvera mono models »
23.09 Reports claim Heidelberg/Manroland merger to be completed in weeks »
23.09 VGL invests in Inca Onset S20 flatbed to boost capacity »
23.09 Boundary in management reshuffle »
23.09 Royal Mail claims success for Sustainable Mail discount tariff »
23.09 IPC Media's £10m tender nears completion »
23.09 John Lewis promotes new ranges with DM campaign »
23.09 Kern updates EasyMailer with inserter and targets personalised mailing market »
23.09 Leeds United FC gives shirt work to Lick Online »
23.09 CCG invests in third HP Indigo colour press »
23.09 CBI forecasts return to growth in 2010 »
23.09 Haines Clark bought out of administration by Acraman (479) »
23.09 Antalis's Cocoon grade chosen for university's print history handbook »
23.09 4DM spends £250,000 on kit following 'pick-up' in DM market »
23.09 Canon imagePrograf iPF755 scoops BLI award »
23.09 Yell to raise £500m in debt restructure »
23.09 Wright Print Services becomes FSC and PEFC certified »
24.09 KBA breaks own Rapida 106 plate-changing record »
24.09 John E Wright creates East Midlands' 'largest graphics display firm' »
24.09 Duplo appoints new managing director for the UK »
24.09 Roland DG takes metallic inkjet technology on the road »
24.09 Serendipity marks launch of Veripress v4 with largest EU install »
25.09 APS managing directors speaks out after Philip Myers Press acquisition »
25.09 Reader Reaction: Is the Big Business Refit campaign a good deal for print? »
25.09 Reflections adds Micromotion to Z-card campaign »
25.09 TSO rebuffs MPs' expenses claims »
25.09 Tullis Russell starts construction on biomass plant after £200m deal »
25.09 HV Sier offers luxury paper/board range »
25.09 Talks continue with Nipson creditors over repayment demand »
25.09 PSG moves into finishing with Pakfin Logistics buy »
25.09 Late payment issues are 'risking the survival' of small businesses »
25.09 APS completes purchase of Philip Myers Press »
25.09 Money talks but print runs for charity appeal »
25.09 Ban on billboards in Chennai impacts wide-format printers »
25.09 Hybrid Services offers trade-in deal on Mimaki 'baby grand' printer »
25.09 Ferag touts UK options for newly launched StreamFold »
25.09 TPF mulls cuts to safeguard future »
28.09 Latex machine opens up new opportunities for UAE's Printworks-Mediatech »
28.09 Pixart.it installs Océ flatbed to launch new packaging division »
28.09 Waldo invests £400,000 on HD upgrade »
28.09 O'Brien offers INM lifeline, at expense of The Independent »
28.09 Simpson Group signs £3m invoice discounting deal »
28.09 Italian online digital printer launches new packaging division »
28.09 Read takes top procurement role at Wyndeham and Southernprint »
28.09 Former NatMags production boss launches business »
29.09 Xerox boosts BPO offering with ACS acquisition »
29.09 Bespoke management team secures finance for deal »
29.09 60 staff made redundant as Shore to Shore set for liquidation »
29.09 Integrated Graphics takes UK's first Konica Minolta bizhub Pro C65hc »
29.09 Future of The Independent secured »
29.09 Heidelberg/Manroland merger discussions 'to be decided by mid-October' »
29.09 Customer communication a key theme at printweek.com wide-format webcast »
29.09 Shanghai Electric completes Goss investment »
29.09 Decline in industry slowing, BPIF survey reveals »
30.09 Gravure printers blast 'lack of EU support' for consolidation »
30.09 Colin Rosser joins Goodhead Group as non-executive director »
30.09 Public sector body awards print-on-demand work to Paragon »
30.09 Walstead 'cautiously optimistic' over future of group »
30.09 Esquire marks special issue with six-page gold cover »
30.09 Simpson builds 300 PoS castles for Matalan Halloween campaign »
30.09 Public sector body awards print on demand work to Paragon »
30.09 Antalis produces environmental guide for pulp and paper production »
30.09 Printforms takes on new staff after press investment »
30.09 Meriden Paper becomes FSC accredited following customer requests »
30.09 Print legend Petty passes away »
30.09 James Cropper issues upbeat trading statement but fears further pulp price increases »