Newsarchive January 2010

01.01 New year's prediction: Guy Gecht, EFI »
02.01 New year's prediction: Simon Berg, FMG »
03.01 New year's prediction: Sam Neal, Geoff Neal Litho »
04.01 Bong acquires 50% stake in Image Envelopes »
04.01 BSkyB takes bigger sport and movie titles bi-monthly »
04.01 HP latex inks used to improve environment in French hospital »
04.01 Emirates stadium installation signals sector success for McKenzie Clark »
04.01 Yorkshire firm launches 3D dye sub decoration technology »
04.01 UPM invests £17m in a materials recovery facility at Shotton mill »
04.01 More Formpro staff to be made redundant »
04.01 Ricoh Fantasy Football League December winner announced »
04.01 Falkland Press aims to grow business following Heidelberg investment »
04.01 Sappi Stockstadt fire halts coated paper production »
04.01 Fujifilm opens European XMF support centre in Bedford »
04.01 New year's prediction: Phil Payter, PPG »
04.01 Reflections hires rival Best Cover's Kirven »
04.01 County Durham Council invests in Horizon AFC564A folding machine »
04.01 Lake establishes subsidiary firm »
04.01 Pollards spend brings PUR binding in-house »
04.01 OAA launches £1.25m outdoor campaign »
04.01 TCS marks 30-year anniversary with website »
04.01 Iggesund Bruk reduces CO2 emissions by 65% »
05.01 Arjowiggins announces new 75% recycled paper »
05.01 Screenprint Doncaster eyes expansion following funding injection »
05.01 Positive Focus set for liquidation »
05.01 Electoral Commission publishes election print guidelines »
05.01 GAE goes into administration »
05.01 Two print industry professionals awarded MBEs »
05.01 UPDATED Litho Supplies bought out of administration »
05.01 New year's prediction: Kirk Galloway, Buxton Press »
06.01 Andersons sales manager in new venture to sell high-end wide-format kit »
06.01 Digital Plus prints 'Clever Cube' for local play production »
06.01 Etrinsic wins Go-Ahead rail timetable contract »
06.01 Publishing Expo launch for PCS »
06.01 Express KCS increases data capacity »
06.01 CFH Total Document Management to become energy self-sufficient »
06.01 Future to launch quarterly superhero mag »
06.01 Print Yorkshire aims to boost profile with new PR partnership »
06.01 Printers battle heavy snow across the UK »
06.01 Employee absenteeism due to bad weather 'could cost £230m' »
07.01 Qwikprint switches to Suprasetter A52 CTP »
07.01 Former Presstek sales director joins Morgana »
07.01 ODM offers new XXL products »
07.01 Scotia saves £5k as PlateRite 4300E buy brings platemaking in-house »
07.01 Woodwing and Celum sign partnership deal »
07.01 90 jobs at risk as Harmsworth proposes site closure »
07.01 Interest rates stay at 0.5% for 11th month »
07.01 Reed Elsevier to sell US trade magazines: reports »
07.01 Duraweld launches online 'build-your-own' ringbinder service »
08.01 Springfield Solutions expands digital offering with further HP investment »
08.01 Colour management expert responds to webcast questions »
08.01 South Lanarkshire Council expands photobook finishing offering »
08.01 Tenon Recovery report voted story of the decade »
08.01 Fourth Duplo install for New Perspective »
08.01 Redundancies made at GAE »
08.01 Experts predict year of recovery after 'annus horribilis' of 2009 »
08.01 Asda ends catalogue production »
08.01 Two Sides ad campaign set to target printers »
11.01 Johnson to move from Simpson Group to Creo »
11.01 Drytac expands UK sales team »
11.01 Packpost Solutions wins three-year contract with Flight Centre UK »
11.01 RCS opts for KBA Rapida in bid to up capacity »
11.01 Paperlinx becomes national stockist for Agfa Graphics' pre-press products »
11.01 CFH Total Document Management installs Xerox Nuvera 288 »
11.01 Line-up for second PrintWeek digital briefing unveiled »
11.01 Mitsubishi terminates GAE agreement »
11.01 Amazon to release new Kindle DX e-reader »
11.01 Heidelberg 'seeking partner for digital tie-up' »
11.01 Factory price inflation at highest level in over a year »
11.01 Warren Board becomes ISO 14001 certified »
12.01 Western Corrugated closes doors »
12.01 CMP (UK) becomes FSC certified »
12.01 Jaymar Packaging sales co-ordinator passes away »
12.01 GAE and Graphica Plus sold by administrators »
12.01 TPF Group sells majority stake to venture capital firm »
12.01 Report reveals print as fourth hardest hit by insolvencies »
12.01 Océ anticipates challenging year after posting £20.7m Q4 loss »
13.01 Dennis to buy Health & Fitness from Hubert Burda UK »
13.01 CEPI launches transport carbon footprint guide »
13.01 PPE acquired by HL Display and sets sights on new markets »
13.01 Printbylaser follows up Anicolor spend with second CTP install »
13.01 SAICA confirms start of £290m paper mill construction »
13.01 Centurfax and Ripware partnership returns with EasyDot launch »
13.01 COI renews £30m supplier framework »
13.01 Xeretec to host product showcase at London event »
13.01 BPIF warns of 'testing times' as printers report uplift in trade »
13.01 TPF owner speaks out following acquisition »
13.01 PPE acquired by HL Displays and sets sights on new markets »
14.01 Polyprint brings services in-house with bag-making buy »
14.01 Leeds City Council saves money with KAS spend »
14.01 MBO enables folder integration with variety of MIS systems »
14.01 Xerox to sell Espresso Book Machine »
14.01 Park Lane Press installs UK's first Muller Martini Presto »
14.01 Park Lane Press installs UK's first Muller Martini Presto E90 »
14.01 Clark Stephen closes and MD opens new business »
14.01 Marlowe Graphic takes on Litho Supplies pair »
14.01 UK manufacturing 'will face more casualties in 2010' »
14.01 Canon's acquisition of Océ 'hits further shareholder opposition' »
14.01 SMEs favour overdrafts over bank loans, study finds »
14.01 Positive Images buys HP Indigo 5500 to boost turnover to £3m »
14.01 Sefas Innovation brings in Ricoh's Hayward »
15.01 EFI promises superwide capability at wide-format price with Vutek QS220 »
15.01 Polestar defers pension payments for 10 months »
15.01 EFI promises supwerwide capability at wide-format price with Vutek QS220 »
15.01 Unite commends UPM on material recovery facility »
15.01 Former St Ives technical director sets up print consultancy »
15.01 Clays links with FMG to provide e-book service »
15.01 Reader Reaction: What is the outlook for the printing industry in 2010? »
18.01 Balloon printing helps launch night for world's tallest building in Dubai »
18.01 Rise in targeted mailings leads to '25% fall in door drops' »
18.01 Spandex claims new vinyls add punch to print »
18.01 Neschen substrates approved for HP latex printers »
18.01 Kall Kwik Norwich pioneers digital metallic print with Roland 540MT »
18.01 Government may turn to OFT over local council newspapers »
18.01 FSC UK selects Evolution 100 Premium Silk for annual report »
18.01 Kornit shows entry-level inkjet garment printer at ISS Long Beach »
18.01 BPIF conference aims to map out routes to finance »
18.01 BA to target business travellers with luxury holiday magazine »
18.01 'Time to pay' scheme could increase number of company insolvencies, Begbies warns »
18.01 Overcapacity will remain a big issue in 2010, Paperlinx claims »
18.01 All Print Supplies buys Andersons out of administration »
18.01 Col-Tec to launch entry-level automatic collator and binder »
18.01 Zerographic takes 'logical step' with acquisition of Murodigital »
19.01 Brindley Design & Print installs UK's first Agfa Anapurna M2 »
19.01 Unite calls for 'new blood' as Apprenticeship Week looms »
19.01 Lebedev Independent purchase 'still on track' »
20.01 Xerox toner shortage not over yet, printers claim »
20.01 HP Indigo partners with J&G to offer recycling scheme »
20.01 Mail Solutions Print becomes ISO 14001 certified »
20.01 Pelican Print Finishing seeks more trade work after rebrand »
20.01 GAE buyers had concerns over Litho Supplies since August »
20.01 Paperback aims to double production following funding line »
20.01 Unemployment falls but inflation looms, ONS figures show »
20.01 MSO Cleland boosts productivity by 40% with new eight-colour KBA Rapida »
20.01 Ipex 2010 is 'most important in its history', say industry chiefs »
20.01 Pensord sponsors FIPP magazine »
21.01 Access to finance 'will improve by Ipex' »
21.01 Hiflex appoints Mohr to handle increased web-to-print sales »
21.01 MPs' report slams 'mismanaged' Train to Gain scheme »
21.01 Fujifilm Europe names new head of Graphic Systems division »
21.01 Quark offers free QuarkAlliance membership as Adobe closes print partner scheme »
21.01 Wire-binding start-up looks to bring 'new blood' to industry »
21.01 Quark targets Adobe users with free QuarkAlliance offer »
21.01 The Digital Press spends £50,000 on finishing »
21.01 First Choice Business Systems gains ISO 14001 and 9001 certification »
21.01 Robert Horne provides paper for charity newsletter »
21.01 Océ unveils 'single footprint' ColorWave 300 »
21.01 Mortons Print buys Lincolnshire Mailing Company »
21.01 HMCS sends magistrates' yearbook to prison print plant »
21.01 Organisers say Ipex 2010 will focus on automation »
21.01 Prestige fields Design2Launch in new assault on FMCG sector »
22.01 Two Blackburn print businesses fall into administration »
22.01 Royal Mail launches Strategic Mailing Partnership to safeguard future of DM »
22.01 Prinovis installs 'the country's most sophisticated post-press line' »
22.01 National Trust magazine gets redesign as rising circulation bucks industry trend »
22.01 Mohawk Fine Papers makes addition to board »
22.01 Retired print veteran flies out to Haiti to help out with Red Cross »
22.01 Up to 12,000 companies in tax deferral scheme 'may fail in 2010' »
22.01 WRH Marketing and Norpak join forces »
22.01 Agfa completes Gandi purchase »
22.01 Reader Reaction: Should sales commission be based on profit or turnover? »
22.01 Up to 12,000 companies in tax deferral scheme may fail in 2010 »
25.01 Xerox acquires IBS to expand reach across Ireland »
25.01 Wide-format sector sets sights on service expansion in 2010 »
25.01 Bishops Printers adds capacity with double Heidelberg buy »
25.01 Sappi extends Galerie range with fine silk addition »
25.01 Print Futures Awards kicks off for 2010 »
25.01 Council newspapers not wasting public money: Audit Commission »
25.01 National Insurance rise threatens UK recovery, business groups warn »
25.01 Government makes public sector online course free »
26.01 Research finds that DM marketing spend is moving to digital outlets »
26.01 Trinity slams Audit Commission findings »
26.01 Ex Polestar Petty MD Bowen takes on chief executive role at Print People Group »
26.01 UK exits recession »
26.01 Cove (SW) bought out of administration by local printer »
26.01 Butler, Tanner & Dennis moves into fine arts market »
26.01 Falconboard recycled substrates get European roll-out »
26.01 EFI Vutek refreshes 3.2m roll-to-roll UV offer with QS3250r »
27.01 Study shows boost to direct mail campaigns through TV combination »
27.01 Piggott Black Bear Printing site closes »
27.01 MCR Print becomes FSC certified »
27.01 Environment Agency to launch fishing magazine »
27.01 Met threatens crackdown on print kit sales to fraudsters »
27.01 Changes to retirement age could save UK economy billions »
27.01 New London Weekly sets launch date »
27.01 New training provider targets demand for in-house courses »
27.01 Quad/Graphics to buy World Color Press »
28.01 Royal Mail chief exec Crozier heading for ITV »
28.01 Midway Colour Print in pre-pack sale »
28.01 Apple iPad will 'go further' than Kindle »
28.01 Callprint Group buys Redwood Press out of administration »
28.01 Callprint Group promises green focus for Redwood Press acquisition »
28.01 Crisp and Dynagram in imposition upgrade offer »
28.01 TG Print switches to Heidelberg's Suprasetter and Saphira plates »
28.01 Taopix reveals boost in photobook orders »
28.01 Adobe affirms support for print after partner programme closed »
28.01 PrintIT! expands into Scotland »
28.01 Athenaeum Press closes doors »
28.01 Zevrix launches File Courier 1.1 »
29.01 Scubaprint celebrates successful first year with Xerox 700 buy »
29.01 Digital print given specialist area at packaging shows »
29.01 ABC Print launches digital print facility »
29.01 Arjowiggins and Paperback create puzzle calendar »
29.01 Unite paper members accept pay agreement »
29.01 Ricoh adds Creo front end to Pro C900 colour press »
29.01 Rollem celebrates 80th anniversary with kit investment »
29.01 Polyprint Mailing scoops major supply contract with magazine giant »
29.01 ImageData Group adds Zünd cutting table to latest spend »
29.01 DMA launches DataSeal security standard »
29.01 Midas Press sold to management »
29.01 Buyer sought as CTD Printers falls to administrators »
29.01 Sefas Innovation plans UK growth after HQ move »
29.01 Mirror Finish completes £500,000 spend with Sakurai buy »
29.01 Reader Reaction: Is using an overdraft a better option than a business loan? »
29.01 Vote reaffirms strike threat at Southernprint »